Tag: Conversion Practices Bill
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Request for Transparency and Meaningful Consultation on the Conversion Practices Prohibition Bill 2026 – Email to Tasmania MPs
Email to the Members of the Tasmanian Parliament, dated 19 August 2026 Dear Members of the Tasmanian Parliament, As the period for submissions on the Greens’ Conversion Practices Prohibition Bill 2026 has now closed, we write to draw your attention to a serious concern regarding transparency. We have been in contact with a number of…
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Greens’ Conversion Practices Bill 2026: Our Position
The Tasmanian Greens have released a consultation draft of the Conversion Practices Prohibition Bill 2026. The Bill proposes to ban practices that seek to change or suppress a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity. It creates new criminal offences, gives significant powers to the Anti-Discrimination Commissioner, and allows any person to make a report. Our…
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Conversion Practices Prohibition Bill 2026 – Email sent to Members of the Tasmanian Parliament
Email sent to Members of the Tasmanian Parliament on 27 July 2026 Dear Member of Parliament, I am writing on behalf of Women’s Speak Tasmania to provide you with our submission on the consultation draft of the Conversion Practices Prohibition Bill 2026, which has been released by the Tasmanian Greens. The formal submission has been…
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Women Speak Tasmania calls for gender identity to be removed from Conversion Practices Bill
Women Speak Tasmania has lodged a formal submission on the Tasmanian Greens’ Conversion Practices Prohibition Bill 2026 and provided copies to every Member of the Tasmanian Parliament. The organisation supports a targeted prohibition on conversion practices directed at sexual orientation but strongly opposes the inclusion of gender identity within the same legislative framework. The submission…