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  • Analysis of the National Principles for Child Safe Organisations

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    Here is an analysis of the National Principles for Child Safe Organisations (Australian Human Rights Commission, 2018), focusing on parental rights, education sector obligations, and how these can be embedded in Tasmanian policy to strengthen transparency, safeguarding, and family participation. 1. Core Legal and Ethical Basis The document is a national framework endorsed by all…

  • Concerns About the Growing Up Program (GUP) in Tasmanian Schools – Parents Speak Up

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    Women Speak Tasmania has received a number of messages from parents across the state expressing concern about the Growing Up Program (GUP), which is delivered by Family Planning Tasmania (FPT) in public schools. Parents have raised issues relating to transparency, the language used in teaching materials, and the implicit introduction of gender identity concepts to…

  • Are the Gender Whisperers in Tas Schools?

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    Women Speak Tasmania are challenging both Premier Jeremy Rockliff and Education Minister Jo Palmer to come clean on whether they approve of government-funded materials teaching contested notions of ‘gender’ in the state’s schools and apparently being withheld from Tasmanian parents. As we reported recently, the Victorian state Department of Education has a secretive policy of encouraging…

  • Language, Inclusion, and Policy in Tasmanian Schools

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    A review of current frameworks and their classroom impact In recent years, the Tasmanian Department for Education, Children and Young People has introduced several policies aimed at fostering inclusion for students who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex or queer (LGBTIQ+). Two key documents—the Supporting Sexuality, Sex and Gender Diversity in Schools Policy (2022)…

  • Analysis of Supporting Sexuality, Sex and Gender Diversity in Schools Policy

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    Tasmania Department for Education, Children and Young People 1. Overview of the Policy The document establishes that all Tasmanian government schools must create “safe, inclusive, and relevant educational experiences for all students” regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity, or intersex status.It explicitly directs schools to: 2. Shift from Safeguarding to Affirmation A major theme is…

  • Who Decides What Children Are Taught? The Growing Up Program and Parental Rights in Tasmania

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    In recent months, a debate has emerged in Tasmania about what primary-school children are being taught regarding bodies, relationships, and gender. At the centre of the discussion is the state’s “Growing Up Program” (GUP), a relationships and protective-behaviours curriculum delivered in many primary schools. The issue gained wider attention after One Nation Senator Pauline Hanson…

  • Educator fired over alleged grooming behaviour hired at public primary school

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    An educator employed at a private school in Northern Tasmania was fired after an internal investigation deemed his behaviour posed a “serious risk of grooming”. However, he has since been hired at a public primary school in Launceston. The educator’s dismissal letter, viewed by The Examiner, summarised the outcome of the school’s investigation and concluded…

  • Gender Ideology Propaganda in Tasmanian Libraries

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    On 26 June 2025, Women Speak Tasmania raised serious concerns about a disturbing trend in our public institutions. Books promoting gender ideology are being made freely available in the children’s sections of Tasmanian libraries — endorsed and supported under so-called inclusion policies sponsored by the Department of Education. Among the titles are: These books are…

  • Advocating for Transparency in Children’s Education: The Growing Up Program

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    In June 2025, Women Speak Tasmania reached out to Family Planning Tasmania (FPT) to request detailed information about the Growing Up Program (GUP), a sexuality and protective behaviours program delivered in Tasmanian primary schools. Our inquiry focused on understanding how the program addresses the concept of “identity,” particularly in relation to gender, and its alignment…

  • Family Planning Tasmania GUP – Letter to CEO Lalla Mackenzie

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    Dear Ms Mackenzie, Re: Request for Detailed Information on the “Growing Up” Program  I am writing to request further detail regarding the Growing Up Program (GUP) delivered by Family Planning Tasmania in Tasmanian primary schools:  https://fpt.org.au/programs/schools-educators/growing-up-program-gup Your website notes that the program aligns with: Our query relates specifically to how your organisation teaches the concept…