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  • AusPATH Activism Silences Evidence-Based Debate

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    In a troubling display of activism overriding scientific discourse, the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) has bowed to pressure from trans activist groups, including the Australian Professional Association for Trans Health (AusPATH), effectively silencing a webinar by renowned Finnish expert Professor Riittakerttu Kaltiala. Titled Medical Gender Reassignment Among Minors: Why Are We Cautious…

  • Challenges Doctors Face When Challenging Gender-Affirming Care

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    In the evolving landscape of youth gender medicine, a growing number of medical professionals are raising alarms about the rapid adoption of gender-affirming care models. These models, which emphasize affirming a child’s self-identified gender through social transition, puberty blockers, and cross-sex hormones, have come under scrutiny for lacking robust evidence and potentially causing long-term harm.…

  • Excommunicated by the Regulators: Dr Andrew Amos and the New Scientific Inquisition

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    In a deeply troubling example of regulatory overreach, the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA), acting through the Medical Board of Australia, has imposed sweeping conditions on respected academic psychiatrist Andrew Amos. On 26 February 2026, Dr Amos — a Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (FRANZCP) and a medical…

  • The Perils of Prioritising Inclusivity Over Safeguarding in Respectful Relationships Education

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    Respectful Relationships Education (RRE) has the potential to play an important role in helping young people understand consent, boundaries, empathy, and mutual respect. When delivered responsibly, it can contribute to reducing bullying, harassment, and violence, and support healthier relationships throughout life. However, recent events demonstrate that when “inclusivity” is prioritised without proper safeguarding, supervision, or…

  • The Hidden Cost of Gender Ideology in Australian Prisons: Women’s Safety Sacrificed

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    Over the past months, a series of highly publicised cases across multiple Australian jurisdictions has raised grave concerns about prison placement policies that allow male prisoners to be housed in women’s correctional facilities on the basis of gender identity or legal sex change rather than biological sex. In several documented instances, these policies have coincided…

  • Tasmania Health Minister and Attorney-General Must Act on the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) Drug Alert

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    Women Speak Tasmania is calling on Tasmania’s Health Minister and Attorney-General to urgently review the clinical, regulatory, and legal framework surrounding the prescription of puberty-blocking drugs to minors, following the Therapeutic Goods Administration’s recent report into their off-label use in Australia. A report in The Australian on 23 February 2026 detailing the Therapeutic Goods Administration…

  • Failure of Impartiality in Reporting on Sex-Based Rights – Letter to Linton Besser

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    Dear Linton Besser, I am concerned about the continual mischaracterisation by ABC of women’s rights campaigners as “anti trans”, when in fact we are simply defending our right of association.  https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-23/lesbian-group-transgender-exemption-federal-court/106375606 Lesbians don’t “want the right to exclude trans women”- they want to assert women’s right of association.  The Australian Human Rights Commission on the…

  • Flying blind on puberty blockers

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    Australia’s medicine safety officials have warned the federal government they are flying blind on the use of puberty blocker drugs for gender-distressed minors. The country’s first safety assessment of this drug use — revealed in documents obtained under Freedom of Information laws — followed news of the 2024 UK decision to impose an indefinite ban…

  • Erosion of Trust in the ABC – A Tasmanian Perspective

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    For years, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) has partnered with ACON, the leading LGBTQ+ advocacy organisation, through programs like the Australian Workplace Equality Index (AWEI) and its Pride Network. While the ABC insists editorial independence is maintained, this close relationship has fuelled growing concerns about bias, selective reporting, and cultural pressures in newsrooms—particularly on issues…

  • ABC Complaint Referred to the Minister for Communications – Letter to Hon. Rowland

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    This letter has been sent to the Australian Minister for Communications, the Hon Michelle Rowland MP, following a formal complaint made to the ABC Ombudsman regarding concerns about accuracy and impartiality in ABC reporting. In light of growing public interest — including Phil Dye’s petition — the correspondence asks the Minister to consider whether the…