Women Speak Tasmania

Tag: Anti-Discrimination Act Tas

  • Women’s Right to Freedom of Political Opinion Hearing at TASCAT

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    Women Speak Tasmania will tomorrow be presenting their submissions at TASCAT over our appeal against the rejection by the Anti-Discrimination Commission of our complaint of discrimination by Libraries Tasmania for the cancellation of our room bookings. Libraries Tasmania had cancelled meeting room bookings by WST at which discussions were to be held on various political,…

  • Biological Reality is Not Cruelty

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    Leonie Crosse’s letter (“‘Cruel’ law changes will hurt all women”) presents a misleading view of proposals to strengthen recognition of biological sex in anti-discrimination law. Recognising sex as a material reality based on biology does not weaken women’s protections — it restores them. Single-sex spaces, services and sports exist because of physical differences and male-pattern…

  • What a Week! Reflections on Advocacy, Attacks, and Media Balance in Tasmania

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    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…

  • Opinion: Women Are Not “Anti-Trans” for Defending Sex-Based Rights

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    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…

  • 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…

  • 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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    In an article titled “Tasmania rejects push to change discrimination laws targeting transgender people”, journalist David Killick reports on the Tasmanian Government’s response to advocacy calling for reforms to the state’s anti-discrimination laws. The article focuses on a campaign urging Members of Parliament to sign a pledge supporting changes that would allow the exclusion of…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Michael Ferguson Meets Women Speak Tasmania on Sex Protections

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    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…