Tag: Australia
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Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion
Women Speak Tasmania has lodged a submission to the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion under Term of Reference (d), which examines ways to strengthen social cohesion in Australia and counter ideologically and religiously motivated extremism. Our submission argues that social cohesion depends on clear, proportionate, and equal legal protections applied consistently across all…
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Surrogacy in Tasmania and the National Push for Abolition: Our Voice in the ALRC Review
Tasmania’s Surrogacy Act 2012 was designed with the best interests of the child in mind. It permits only altruistic (non-commercial) gestational surrogacy, requires written agreements, judicial oversight through parentage orders, and residency rules for both surrogates and intended parents. Yet even this tightly regulated framework cannot eliminate the inherent risks of physical, psychological and economic…
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APS Gender Care Statement Sparks Debate Over Evidence and Guidance
Australia’s peak body for psychologists, the Australian Psychological Society (APS), has released a new position statement titled “Supporting the mental health and wellbeing of transgender and gender diverse people.” The document was presented as an updated, evidence-informed position on psychological care for transgender and gender-diverse Australians. However, its release has prompted criticism from some clinicians,…
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APS board member accused of ‘intimidation’ after questioning mother of detransitioned son
The mother of a detransitioned son has accused an Australian Psychological Society board member of ‘outrageous’ behaviour, after he suggested she may have endangered her child following her questioning of trans treatment policies. The Australian Psychological Society has been forced to investigate one of its own board members, after he suggested a mother who had…
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United Nations demands answers over suspension of Queensland gender clinic whistleblower
Opinion by Des Houghton The United Nations has demanded Queensland’s Premier explain child safety measures at a hospital gender clinic after a psychiatrist’s controversial suspension, writes Des Houghton. It is time for the Queensland Government to admit that the sacking of child psychiatrist Jillian Spencer by Queensland Health was gut-wrenching injustice. Her “crime” was to…
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Is AHPRA’s Registration of a Trans-Identified Male as Female Putting Patient Consent at Risk?
The recent registration of the trans-identified male Dr Beth Upton by Australia’s medical regulator has raised serious concerns among women across the country. The trans-identified male Dr Beth Upton, who began transitioning in 2022, is now working as an unaccredited emergency-medicine trainee under supervision at Port Macquarie Base Hospital and Kempsey District Hospital on the…
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Half of new public toilets could become gender neutral under divisive plan
As many as half of the toilets in all new public buildings including stadiums, shopping malls, and office blocks could soon be designated as ‘gender neutral’. As many as half of the toilets in all new public buildings including stadiums, shopping malls, and office blocks could soon be designated as “gender neutral” under a proposed…
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Peak medical regulator ‘compromised’ by partnership with trans lobby group
Australia’s peak medical regulator faces claims it has been hopelessly compromised in a string of controversial decisions because it is a signed-up member of Australia’s most powerful trans lobby group, ACON, which promotes gender-affirming medical treatment for children and teenagers. Documents released under FOI reveal how the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency developed an LGBTIQA+…
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ABC Complaints Process and Bias Concerns – Letter to Sarah Henderson
Letter sent to the Shadow Minister for Communications, Hon Sarah Henderson, on 16.04.26 Dear Senator Henderson, After watching you in Senate Estimates hearings repeatedly challenge ABC bosses about the public broadcaster’s biased reporting, I thought I should write to you about that same matter, and the altogether unsatisfactory responses I have received from ABC Complaints,…