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 Apology That Never Happened: Hobart Council’s Hollow Response to Louise Elliott
What the Video Shows The video captures Hobart City Council’s Special Meeting on 3 July 2024, where a formal apology was delivered to Councillor Louise Elliott following evidence of discrimination against her. Councillor Elliott had been previously denied access to hire the Town Hall for a “Women’s Rights and Free Speech” forum, which was later…
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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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Women Speak Tasmania Condemns HCC Bullying of Councillor Elliot
Women Speak Tasmania members staged a series of protests in response to the continued bullying and vilification of Councillor Louise Elliott, who has been unfairly targeted simply for expressing gender-critical views. These actions draw attention to the climate of intolerance faced by women in public life who dare to defend sex-based rights. Attempts to silence…