Women Speak Tasmania

Tag: 2026

  • Request for Right of Reply and Opinion Piece Submission – Email to Craig Herbert

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    Email sent to Craig Herbert, editor of The Hobart Mercury – 20 May 2026 Dear Craig, I am writing regarding The Mercury article published on May 20 written by David Killick concerning Women Speak Tasmania and our campaign relating to Tasmania’s Anti-Discrimination Act. The article characterised Women Speak Tasmania as “anti-transgender activists” and described our…

  • ABC Hobart Breakfast: One-Sided Interview on Anti-Discrimination Law Reform

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    Recently, the important public debate about reforming Tasmania’s Anti-Discrimination Act 1998 to add biological sex as a protected attribute reached Tasmania Parliament and then mainstream media. Women Speak Tasmania has been campaigning for this change to better protect single-sex spaces, services, and fair sport for women and girls. However, when ABC Hobart Breakfast covered the…

  • Misleading Terminology and Lack of Balance in Rodney Croome Segment – Complaint to ABC

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    Email sent to ABC Hobart on 21 May 2026 Dear ABC Hobart Breakfast Team, I am writing to formally complain about the segment aired on 21 May 2026 featuring Rodney Croome discussing proposed changes to Tasmania’s Anti-Discrimination Act. 1. Misleading terminology (“biological gender”) The discussion used the term “biological gender.” This is scientifically inaccurate and…

  • Parliamentary Privilege Used Against Tasmanian Women

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    Yesterday in the Tasmanian House of Assembly, two MPs used parliamentary privilege to directly attack Women Speak Tasmania by name. Kristie Johnston MP (Independent, Clark) Independent MP Kristie Johnston again labelled Women Speak Tasmania an “anti-trans group” that promotes “division and hate”. She claimed we encourage threats of violence, and suggested that no member of…

  • Tasmania rejects push to change discrimination laws targeting transgender people

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    Premier Jeremy Rockliff has rejected calls to ban transgender women from single-sex spaces after activists lobbied MPs to sign a pledge changing Tasmania’s discrimination laws. Tasmania will not be changing its discrimination laws despite lobbying from anti-transgender activists, Premier Jeremy Rockliff says. A mass email sent at the weekend has asked MPs to sign a…

  • Women Speak Tasmania Named in Tasmanian Parliament

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    “First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.” — Nicholas Klein Today in the Tasmanian Parliament during Question Time, Independent Member for Clark Kristie Johnston named Women Speak Tasmania and attacked our campaign. She accused us of wanting to “weaken Tasmania’s Anti-Discrimination Act” and “allow discrimination against…

  • The Noises of North Tassie 

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    The magnificent women of Women Speak Tasmania are angry, and rightly so.  First, they’re angry that the brand-new Recreation Hub at Mowbray, Launceston, has no single-sex toilets or changerooms.  And then, they’re angry that ABC Northern Tasmania chose to report this via a particularly exasperating little piece on its radio breakfast show on 28 April, with reporter Sunshine Wood…

  • Two Library Cancellations – Part 2: The Legal Response

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    In Part 1, we outlined the cancellation of two community forums booked at Libraries Tasmania venues in Burnie (March 2024) and Devonport (April 2025). This second part examines the formal complaints that followed and the current legal proceedings before TASCAT. Complaints to the Anti-Discrimination Commissioner Following each cancellation, Women Speak Tasmania lodged formal complaints with…

  • Two Library Cancellations – Part 1: What Happened?

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    Over the last two years, Women Speak Tasmania has faced the cancellation of two community forums by Libraries Tasmania after bookings had already been confirmed and publicly advertised. Both events concerned public policy, women’s rights, and laws affecting sex-based rights and protections. In both cases, the forums were ultimately relocated and held without incident. These…

  • Invitation to Sign the Women’s Pledge Australia and Restore Sex-Based Rights for Women – Email to Tasmanians MPs

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    Email sent to all Members of the House of Assembly and the Legislative Council on 16 May 2026. Dear Tasmanian Parliamentarian, On 15 May 2026 the Full Federal Court of Australia delivered its judgment in Giggle for Girls Pty Ltd v Tickle. The court ruled that excluding a trans-identified male from a women-only app on…