Tag: Greens
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Conversion Practices Prohibition Bill 2026: Why WST is calling for a Parliamentary Inquiry
Women Speak Tasmania has released its 16-page analysis of the Tasmanian Greens’ Conversion Practices Prohibition Bill 2026. Women Speak Tasmania supports protection from coercive, abusive and degrading practices directed at a person because of their sexual orientation. The history of attempts to shame, punish or forcibly alter same-sex attraction provides a legitimate basis for legal…
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Greens Bill not fit for Purpose
Women Speak Tasmania has reviewed the Greens’ proposed Conversion Practices Prohibition Bill 2026 and considers the Bill deeply flawed and not fit for purpose. WST President Dr Elizabeth Caballero said: “The Government should establish a Parliamentary Inquiry to properly examine this poorly drafted Bill and hear from people with recent experiences of conversion practices, as…
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Push for Parliamentary Inquiry into 29 Testimonies
Women Speak Tasmania is calling on Attorney General Guy Barnett to acknowledge 29 confidential testimonies presented to him in December 2025 and establish a Parliamentary Inquiry into Affirmative Care and Conversion Practices before the Greens’ proposed Conversion Practices Prohibition Bill 2026 is debated. On 15 December 2025, a delegation of Tasmanians representing LGB Alliance Australia,…
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Call for Transparency: Greens Must Publish Submissions on Conversion Practices Bill
Women Speak Tasmania has today written to all members of the Tasmanian Parliament calling on the Greens to publicly release every submission received on their Conversion Practices Prohibition Bill 2026. The submission period has closed, yet the Greens have made no commitment to publish the submissions. Without public scrutiny, Tasmanians will be denied access to…
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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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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…
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McKim’s Conduct Unbecoming of a Senator – Letter to Greens Leader Larissa Waters
This letter was sent to Senator Larissa Waters, Leader of the Australian Greens, on 4 July 2026 in response to Senator Nick McKim’s heated Senate comments on 30 June 2026. In those remarks, McKim criticised One Nation’s approach to transgender issues and used strong language such as “toilet police” and “wannabe genital inspectors” to describe…
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When Language Becomes Power: From US Supreme Court Clarity to Tasmanian Confusion
On 30 June 2026, the United States Supreme Court delivered a landmark ruling affirming that states may determine eligibility for women’s and girls’ sports based on biological sex. In West Virginia v. B.P.J. and Little v. Hecox, the Court held that laws reserving female sporting categories for biological females are consistent with Title IX and…
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From Founder to Dissenter: The Drew Hutton Greens Controversy
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…