Women Speak Tasmania

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  • It’s time to re-evaluate the ABC’s ties with ACON – Letter to Kim Williams

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    A non-partisan coalition of feminist and LGB groups has written to Kim Williams, ABC Chair, to express our concerns about the ABC’s relationship with the advocacy group ACON. We are especially concerned that the ABC’s membership of ACON/Pride in Diversity and its participation in ACON’s Australian Workplace Equality Index (AWEI) compromises the ABC’s independence and undermines the…

  • Opinion: Do Women Still Exist in Australia?

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    The Tickle vs Giggle case, finally concluded in the Federal Court of Australia on 23 August 2024, has raised profound questions about the meaning of womanhood in contemporary law. Justice Robert Bromwich ruled that Sall Grover, owner of the women-only app Giggle for Girls, had indirectly discriminated against trans-woman Roxanne Tickle. This case marked the…

  • Restore Sex to the Sex Discrimination Act – Letter to Bridget Archer

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    Dear Bridget Archer, Re: The Federal Court Ruling in Tickle v. Giggle and the Urgent Need to Restore Sex to the Sex Discrimination Act A case recently heard in the Federal Court of Australia has just concluded, and judgment has been found in favour of the Applicant. It is a judgment that should concern every…

  • A National Inquiry Into Gender Clinics: Why Australia Must Act Now

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    Women Speak Tasmania has written to Federal Health Minister Mark Butler to raise urgent concerns about the state of medical practices within Australia’s gender clinics. Following our recent campaign for a Tasmanian inquiry, we received a response from Tasmanian Health Minister Hon. Guy Barnett. His letter acknowledged our concerns and went further—calling for a Federal…

  • Federal Inquiry into Gender Clinics – Letter to Federal Health Minister Mark Butler

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    Dear Federal Health Minister Mark Butler, We are a grassroots organization in Tasmania advocating for women’s sex based rights and pushing back against gender ideology. Our latest campaign called upon the Tasmanian State Government to hold an inquiry into Tasmanian gender clinics. Please see attached the letter we received from Tasmanian Health Minister Hon Guy…

  • Inquiring mind

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    Tasmania’s Liberal government has become the first Australian administration to recommend a national review of public gender services for minors. The island state’s Health Minister, Guy Barnett, who is also Attorney-General, said he had written to his federal counterpart—Australia’s Labor Party Health Minister, Mark Butler—to ask him to consider the idea. On Thursday, Mr Barnett…

  • Defending Women’s Privacy and Safety: WST’s Submission to the National Construction Code Consultation

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    Women Speak Tasmania (WST) responded to the Australian Building Codes Board’s (ABCB) public consultation on proposed changes to the National Construction Code (NCC)—specifically, the introduction of “all-gender” sanitary facilities and shifts in terminology from “sex” to “gender.” Our submission highlighted critical concerns about the repercussions of these changes on the safety, privacy, and dignity of…

  • Australian Building Code Board Public Consultation

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    The Australian Building Codes Board has launched a public consultation in order to promote inclusivity and gender diverse acceptance through the introduction of all ‘gender’ sanitary facilities. ABCB Proposal: WST response: Language Matters Gender identity is based on fluid and potentially ever changing feelings about sex role stereotyping. Sex is immutable and a biological reality.…

  • Tasmanian International Women’s cyclist calls out trans inclusion in competition sport

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    Hobart based International and National Women’s cycling competitor Jodie Willett last year resigned her membership of AusCycling over their policy of trans inclusion in women’s cycling competitions. Last year Jodie Willett wrote to AusCycling advising them that until such time as Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) and AusCycling reversed their decision on trans inclusion in women’s…

  • Open Letter to the Australian Human Rights Commission

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    Is the Australian Human Rights Commission conducting a witch-hunt? We are a group of civil society organisations, health practitioners, researchers, lawyers, writers and individuals, people of faith and atheists, from across the political spectrum. We are writing to express our deep alarm at the Australian Human Rights Commission’s current project aimed at “mapping” alleged threats…