Women Speak Tasmania

Tag: free speech

  • Protesters call for Minister’s intervention

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    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…

  • Opinion: Freedom of speech sadly absent from rally

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    Laws enacted in Tasmania to promote equality have backfired on all of us, writes Isla MacGregor Last week I attended the Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull Let Women Speak event on the Parliament House lawns in Hobart in the hope of listening to women speak about the impacts of gender identity laws on their basic rights and freedoms.…

  • The Media’s Campaign Against Media Freedom and Free Speech in Tasmania – Let Women Speak

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    This speech, delivered by Isla MacGregor at the Let Women Speak rally on the Parliament House lawns in Hobart in March 2023, outlines her concerns about media coverage, public institutions, and gender-identity policy debates in Tasmania. She argues that journalists and broadcasters have avoided reporting viewpoints from women’s and children’s rights advocates, describes her experiences…

  • Poster – Free Speech Alliance Australia

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    Freedom of speech for women is under serious threat in Australia. The Free Speech Alliance Australia has released a poster and a record highlighting women from across the political spectrum who have been silenced or punished simply for expressing their views on sex-based rights. These women have been sacked, banned, no-platformed, expelled, vilified, and subjected…

  • Tasmanian Forum on Conversion Therapy Laws Highlights Free Speech and Debate

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    On November 23, 2022, the Free Speech Alliance Australia hosted a forum at Parliament House, Hobart, to discuss proposed Tasmanian laws banning conversion therapy. The event, supported by Liberal MP Lara Alexander, brought together experts, survivors, and concerned citizens to examine the risks, impacts, and consultation process surrounding the legislation. Forum convener Isla MacGregor welcomed…

  • Robust and respectful free debate is vital

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    Cassy O’Connor’s recent call for Premier Jeremy Rockliff to ban the Free Speech Alliance Australia forum at Parliament House on conversion therapy laws is regrettable. Democracy can only flourish when there is informed, robust and respectful free debate. The Tasmanian Law Reform Institute final report on the issue has not received any scrutiny by the…

  • Women Speak Tasmania transgender forum angers: Charles Wooley opinion

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    I DECIPHERED a new acronym this week. TERF; trans-exclusionary radical feminist. Stay with me. Yes, I know many of you find this stuff irritating because it only seems to footer in the sidelines of history when the main game right now is will China invade Taiwan and what will ScoMo take to Glasgow, if he…

  • Women Speak Tasmania forum to go ahead despite public backlash

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    A GROUP that likens transgenderism to a “cult” and a “social contagion” is holding a public forum at Hobart Town Hall. Women Speak Tasmania plans to hold its event on November 27 despite public backlash, with 18 people writing letters of complaint to Hobart City Council. One of the speakers will be Hobart sociologist Geoff…

  • Tasmanian Awards for Disservice to Free Speech

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    On International Human Rights Day 2020, Women Speak Tasmania presents the first of our: TASMANIAN AWARDS FOR DISSERVICE TO FREE SPEECH. Our awards go to: * UTAS Tasmanian Law Reform Institute – for refusing to allow Women Speak Tasmania to speak at a forum on gender reforms, and failing to consult with women’s groups (like…

  • Recognising Service to Free Speech

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    For International Human Rights Day this year Women Speak Tasmania are recognising two outstanding Tasmanians for their contribution to Freedom of Speech.   Freedom of speech underpins all human rights. “On International Human Rights Day we want to recognise the contribution of Anne Warburton and Alderman Jeff Briscoe who have defended women’s rights to express…