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  • Managing Gender Dysphoria in Young People – NAPP Guide

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    Updated version June 2025  Gender dysphoria/incongruence in young people is a contested area of medical practice.  This approach avoids political, social, religious and ideological positions. This approach to developing guidelines for managing gender dysphoria [1] or gender incongruence [2] in children and adolescents aims to protect and safeguard the health, safety and welfare of the…

  • Tickle v Giggle: Why This Case Matters for Sex-Based Rights in Australia

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    The Federal Court case Tickle v Giggle has become one of the most significant legal disputes in recent Australian debates about sex, gender identity, and single-sex spaces. The ruling is already influencing discussions about anti-discrimination law, women-only services, and how the Sex Discrimination Act is interpreted. What Was the Case About? The case began in…

  • Statistics Show That HALF of Trans-Identified Men in Prison Are Sex Offenders

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    Eva Kurilova’s excellent article detailing prison data from different countries, including Australia. The justice system has fail vulnerable women by allowing men who identify as women to enter female prisons. Many Western countries are transferring men into women’s prisons and calling this violation of women’s human rights “progress.” Eva wrote. Fair Go for Queensland Women…

  • 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…