Women Speak Tasmania

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  • Win for Parental Rights and Free Speech: Celine vs eSafety Commissioner

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    In a major win for free expression, the Federal Court of Australia handed down a ruling on 18 February 2026 against the eSafety Commissioner, led by Julie Inman Grant. The case involved Sydney mum Celine Baumgarten, who had posted on X (formerly Twitter) questioning the appropriateness of a “queer club” at a Melbourne primary school.…

  • How Gender Policy Is Costing Girls Their Sporting Future

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    Tasmania’s gender law reforms, which prioritise self-identification over biological sex, are having profound and often unintended consequences for women and girls. These policies grant immediate access to female-only sports, change rooms, toilets, and services based solely on declared gender identity, without safeguards or consideration of measurable physical differences between male and female bodies. While inclusion…

  • Why are taxpayers funding endless queer propaganda through ABC? – Letter to Linton Besser from Media Watch

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    Letter sent to Linton Besser and Media Watch on 31 January 2026 Dear Linton,  The BBC has been criticised for its impartiality particularly regarding its promotion of gender and ‘queer’ ideology above the sex-based rights of women.  The ABC has for years been doing exactly the same- a slow drip feed of trans positive stories,…

  • From Founder to Dissenter: The Drew Hutton Greens Controversy

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    The suspension, expulsion, legal challenge, and reinstatement of Australian Greens co-founder Drew Hutton became a national flashpoint in debates over internal party democracy, transgender policy, and freedom of expression in pluralistic societies. Drew Hutton co-founded the Australian Greens in 1992 alongside Bob Brown. For decades he was regarded as part of the party’s founding generation…

  • New Federal “Hate” Laws Risk Silencing Women’s Advocacy

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    Women Speak Tasmania (WST) has lodged a formal submission to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security opposing the Exposure Draft Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism Bill 2026.  While WST unequivocally condemns antisemitism, religious hatred, violence and genuine extremism, our submission argues that the draft Bill is over-broad, poorly defined, and vulnerable to misuse,…

  • Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security – Draft: Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism Bill 2026

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    1. Introduction Women Speak Tasmania (WST) welcomes the opportunity to make a submission to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security (the Committee) regarding the Exposure Draft of the Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism Bill 2026. WST is a volunteer-led, non-partisan women’s organisation based in Tasmania. We advocate for the protection of women’s sex-based…

  • Teen Girls Access Double Mastectomies via Gender Clinic – Letter to Linton Besser/Media Watch

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    Letter sent to Linton Besser and Media Watch on 11 January 2026 Cc. Bernard Lane, Rachel Baxendale and Stephen Rice. Dear Media Watch/ Linton Besser, Western Australia gender clinic enables double mastectomies for teenage girls, secret document reveals, article by The Australian https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/western-australia-gender-clinic-enables-double-mastectomies-for-teenage-girls-secret-document-reveals/news-story/dbbf2c69dffa3a75c1f4e2f18cb97f2c I refer to the above article, about the medical scandal of teenagers…

  • A Wake-Up Call for Women’s Sex-Based Rights in Australia

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    Kirralie Smith’s legal case marks a turning point in how Australian law treats women who speak publicly about sex-based rights. Her prosecution and heavy penalties for online commentary about women’s sport raise profound questions about free speech, political communication, and whether women can still lawfully defend sex-based categories in public debate. While courts characterised Smith’s…

  • Analysis and Child-Rights Implications of The Queensland Hormone Treatment Review

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    Background and Scope of the Review The Queensland Government commissioned an independent review into the use of puberty blockers (Stage 1) and cross-sex hormones (Stage 2) for children and adolescents within the Queensland public health system. The scope of the review extended beyond narrow clinical questions. It examined: The review was therefore not an ideological…

  • Concern Regarding ABC’s Financial Commitment to ACON and the AWEI Awards – Letter to Media Watch

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    Letter sent to Media Watch on 08.12.25 Concern Regarding ABC’s Financial Commitment to ACON and the AWEI Awards – Request for Investigation and Disclosure Dear Media Watch Team, I am writing to express my concerns about the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s (ABC) ongoing  alliance and financial commitments to the AIDS Council of New South Wales (ACON), particularly through…