Tag: Hobart City Council
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Safety in Change Rooms at DKHAC Hobart – Letter to Hobart City Councillors
Dear Hobart City Councillors As a member of Doone Kennedy Hobart Aquatic Centre (DKHAC) for over six years, I write to express my concern about privacy in the change rooms, with a biological man who now identifies as a woman using the space provided for women. I recognise this is a complex issue and acknowledge that trans…
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Lord Mayor Anna Reynolds: Questions of Integrity and Public Trust
The Office of Lord Mayor carries a fundamental duty of honesty, transparency, and respect for the law. Yet the conduct of Hobart Lord Mayor Anna Reynolds raises serious concerns about her integrity and suitability to hold this trusted position. Correspondence with the Attorney-General Women Speak Tasmania first raised these concerns with Tasmania’s Attorney-General. Our concerns…
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Attorney General considers whether Lord Mayor Anna Reynolds lied in Statutory Declaration
Women Speak Tasmania have received confirmation from the Attorney General Guy Barnett that he is considering RTI documents WST provided to him concerning whether the Lord Mayor Anna Reynolds has lied in a Statutory Declaration. WST wrote to Guy Barnett earlier this month about discrepancies between RTI documents from Working It Out and a Statutory…
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Parliamentary Inquiry into Anna Reynolds Conduct and Suitability to Uphold the Office of Lord Mayor – Letter to Kerry Vincent
Dear Minister Kerry Vincent, We are writing to you regarding the conduct of the Hobart Lord Major with regard to the Ombudsman publishing a report showing that the Hobart City Council, including Lord Mayor Anna Reynolds, has breached the Personal Information Protection Act on FOUR occasions. We also want to raise our concerns over whether…
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DPP Investigation into Lord Mayor Anna Reynold’s & Parliamentary Inquiry – Letters To Attorney General Guy Barnett
Letter from Isla MacGregor 03.02.25 Dear Attorney General Guy Barnett, Re: DPP Investigation into Lord Mayor Anna Reynold’s Statutory Declaration We are writing to you to provide information obtained under RTI that shows that HCC Lord Mayor Anna Reynolds has provided false and misleading information in her Statutory Declaration made on 17.8.22 as has potentially…
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The Louise Elliot Case: When a Public Authority Admitted Political Belief Discrimination
In 2023–2024, Hobart City Councillor Louise Elliot brought a significant anti-discrimination complaint against the Hobart City Council. The case centred on allegations that council staff prevented her from booking a public venue for a women’s rights event because of her political views on sex and gender issues. The matter ultimately led to multiple investigations, scrutiny…
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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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Request to Establish an Urgent Parliamentary Inquiry into the Toxic Culture at Hobart City Council – Letter to Nic StreetÂ
Dear Local Government Minister Nic Street, We are writing to you to request that your government establish an urgent Parliamentary Inquiry into the toxic culture at Hobart City Council. The Australian article published on 3 May 2024 below, outlines just some of the serious questions of probity at the Hobart City Council concerning the ongoing…
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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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Concerns about the Treatment of Cr Louise Elliott – Letter to Jo Palmer
Dear Ms Palmer, As Tasmanian Minister for Women, I write to you to express my concern over the recent treatment of Councillor Louise Elliott, Hobart City Council. I have been watching Australian society change very quickly over the last few years. Not that long ago, I felt safe as a woman to offer my opinion…