Tag: council
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Tasmania Hobart Council apology to Louise Elliot
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City of Hobart’s chief executive officer has found Hobart councillor Louise Elliot was discriminated against, lied to, and unfairly treated after she was blocked from booking a venue because of her political beliefs. In September last year, Cr Elliot attempted to book the Town Hall Ballroom for an event in November which she described as…
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Call on Minister Nic Street to establish Hobart City Council Inquiry
Women Speak Tasmania have written to the Local Government Minister Nic Street calling on him to establish a Parliamentarty Inquiry into the toxic culture at Hobart City Council exposed through documents obtained under RTI by Cr Louise Elliot and Women Speak Tasmania. Spokesperson Cassandra Colefax said ‘The recent articles in The Australian on 3 May…
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Tasmanian Ombudsman investigates Hobart City Council
Tasmania’s Ombudsman has launched an investigation into claims Hobart City Council and Lord Mayor breached privacy laws by tipping off transgender activists about a proposed “women’s rights” event. After a preliminary assessment, the Ombudsman has appointed a senior investigator to probe a complaint by councillor Louise Elliot. Ms Elliot alleges her private request to book…
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Whistleblower exposes Hobart City Council transgender rights cover-up
Emails showing a forum critical of transgender rights was “blocked” by Hobart City Council staff were withheld from release under right to information, in conduct the council concedes may be criminal. Two senior staff whose emails were caught up in an RTI request by councillor and transgender rights critic Louise Elliot have in recent weeks either resigned…
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Protesters call for Minister’s intervention
Protesters will be gathering outside Hobart Town Hall at 10am Wednesday 31 January 2024 in support of Hobart Councillor Louise Elliot and freedom of political communication and other matters concerning the toxic culture in the leadership of Hobart City Council. Louise Elliot has endured 18 months of an orchestrated campaign by a group of Councillors…
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WST condemns HCC bullying of Councillor Elliot
Women Speak Tasmania members staged a series of protests against the bullying of Councillor Louise Elliott Councillor Elliott has been targeted because of her gender critical beliefs.
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ABC Radio Breakfast – Complaint to Fiona Cameron
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Dear Fiona, Thank you for your reply and I now have found the time to submit another complaint to you. My complaint concerns several matters. Firstly: Regarding ABC Radio Breakfast host Ryk Goddard’s Breakfast show on Tuesday 14th February at approx. 7.48am with regard to a Motion being put forward by Cr Louise Elliott and…
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RTI Documents expose Lord Mayor’s abuse of power
Documents recently obtained under Right to Information reveal the Lord Mayor Anna Reynolds’ abuse of her powers concerning the raising of the trans flags outside the Town Hall during the Coalition for Biological Reality forum Gender Identity in Law on 26 February, 2022. Spokesperson Isla MacGregor said: ‘Documents reveal that two days before the forum,…
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Transgender flags in City of Hobart council
During the Coalition for Biological Reality Forum ‘Gender identity in Law’ at Hobart Town Hall on 26 February 2022, trans flags were flown. Numerous attempts through questions at HCC Council meetings with Lord Major and CEO asking who authorised the flying of the Trans flag. Lord Major lied in Council. CEO evaded answering. Right to…
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Gender-critical Tasmanian women are given permission to speak
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in NewsA council meeting in Hobart has received some press attention for a motion brought by Councillor Jax Fox. The meeting itself is a perfect study in the way local councils, whose traditional business is rates and rubbish, are being corrupted in the name of social justice activism. Jax Fox was elected to Hobart City Council with just…