Tag: 2026
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Complaint to AHPRA Regarding Conditions Imposed on Dr Andrew Amos
On 26 February 2026, the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA), through the Medical Board of Australia, imposed significant conditions on Dr Andrew Amos, including restrictions on his use of social media and a prohibition on clinical patient consultation. These conditions prevent Dr Amos from engaging in any online discussion relating to gender medicine, gender…
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Who Decides the Books in Your Child’s Classroom? The Role of Working It Out
A recent Right to Information request (RTI 076–2025/26) has provided new insight into how the Tasmanian Department for Education, Children and Young People (DECYP) selects and recommends books for use in schools under the Supporting Sexuality, Sex and Gender Diversity in Schools, which sits within the Health and Physical Education (HPE) curriculum. The RTI shows…
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Why Parents are Kept in the Dark About Tasmania School Programs
What we learnt from RTI Request 076–2025/26 Working It Out and Growing Up Program Parents have a right to know what their children are being taught at school—especially when lessons touch on sensitive topics such as sexuality, gender identity, and personal development. A recent Right to Information (RTI) request has raised serious questions about whether…
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The Perils of Prioritising Inclusivity Over Safeguarding in Respectful Relationships Education
Respectful Relationships Education (RRE) has the potential to play an important role in helping young people understand consent, boundaries, empathy, and mutual respect. When delivered responsibly, it can contribute to reducing bullying, harassment, and violence, and support healthier relationships throughout life. However, recent events demonstrate that when “inclusivity” is prioritised without proper safeguarding, supervision, or…
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The Hidden Cost of Gender Ideology in Australian Prisons: Women’s Safety Sacrificed
Over the past months, a series of highly publicised cases across multiple Australian jurisdictions has raised grave concerns about prison placement policies that allow male prisoners to be housed in women’s correctional facilities on the basis of gender identity or legal sex change rather than biological sex. In several documented instances, these policies have coincided…
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Tasmania Must Act Now on Puberty Blockers: A Call to Health Minister Bridget Archer and Attorney-General Guy Barnett
As the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) reveals Australia’s blind spots on puberty blockers for gender-distressed minors, Women Speak Tasmania is renewing our urgent call for action. Our February 26 media release demands that Tasmania’s Health Minister Bridget Archer and Attorney-General Guy Barnett immediately review the clinical, regulatory, and legal frameworks governing these off-label treatments. With…
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Tasmania Health Minister and Attorney-General Must Act on the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) Drug Alert
Women Speak Tasmania is calling on Tasmania’s Health Minister and Attorney-General to urgently review the clinical, regulatory, and legal framework surrounding the prescription of puberty-blocking drugs to minors, following the Therapeutic Goods Administration’s recent report into their off-label use in Australia. A report in The Australian on 23 February 2026 detailing the Therapeutic Goods Administration…
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Women Speak Tasmania’s Experience with Media Framing in Our Discrimination Case
At Women Speak Tasmania, we are committed to advocating for the sex-based rights, safety, and dignity of women and girls, while also emphasizing the importance of child safeguarding and parental involvement in critical matters affecting young people. Our work often intersects with complex and sensitive debates on sex and gender, and we believe these discussions…
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Formal Request for Correction and Right of Reply – Letter to Craig Herbert
Email sent to Craig Herbert, editor of The Hobart Mercury – 25 February 2026 Dear Craig, I am writing on behalf of Women Speak Tasmania regarding your article published on 2 February 2026, titled “Women Speak Tasmania claims discrimination over canned library forum.” We were concerned to see the article report on legal proceedings involving…
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How the House of Cards Is Coming Down: The Queensland Gender Clinic Scandal
For years, Australians were told that medical gender transition for children was “settled science.” Puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones were described as safe, reversible, and necessary to prevent harm. Parents who hesitated were often reassured — or pressured — that delaying treatment placed their child at risk. Then Queensland happened. What began as a local…