Tag: Anti-Discrimination Act Tas
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What a Week! Reflections on Advocacy, Attacks, and Media Balance in Tasmania
Over the weekend, we at Women Speak Tasmania reflected on a very busy and, yes, quite exciting week. It started with a simple email to Tasmanian parliamentarians asking for “sex” to be properly restored and protected in the Anti-Discrimination Act. What followed was a pile-on of attacks on women advocating for sex-based rights. It began…
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Opinion: Women Are Not “Anti-Trans” for Defending Sex-Based Rights
This week Women Speak Tasmania found itself discussed in Tasmania Parliament and labelled in media coverage as part of an “anti-transgender” campaign. The reason? We sent an email to Tasmanian parliamentarians inviting them to support the Women’s Pledge Australia and consider reforms to strengthen women’s sex-based protections under Tasmania’s Anti-Discrimination Act. Women Speak Tasmania is…
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Request for Right of Reply and Opinion Piece Submission – Email to Craig Herbert
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…
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Parliamentary Privilege Used Against Tasmanian Women
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…
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Tasmania rejects push to change discrimination laws targeting transgender people
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…
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Women Speak Tasmania Named in Tasmanian Parliament
“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…
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Invitation to Sign the Women’s Pledge Australia and Restore Sex-Based Rights for Women – Email to Tasmanians MPs
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…
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Michael Ferguson Meets Women Speak Tasmania on Sex Protections
Representatives from Women Speak Tasmania and LGB Alliance Australia met today with Michael Ferguson MP, Member for Bass, to discuss the urgent need to add biological sex as a protected attribute in Tasmania’s Anti-Discrimination Act 1998. The delegation presented Mr Ferguson with a policy brief and a collection of Tasmanians’ testimonies detailing the harms caused…
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Regarding the Sex-Based Rights of Women and Girls in Tasmania – Letter to the Attorney General
Letter sent to Tasmania Attorney General Guy Barnett on the 16.04.26 Dear Attorney General, I write to you respectfully as an ordinary Tasmanian citizen, and as a member of the National Council of Women (Tasmanian branch), regarding a matter of public interest, namely the sex-based rights of women and girls. Specifically, I request that urgent…