Tag: Hobart
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Complaint to Mr Cheek about Leon Compton on ‘The Drum’
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in Media BiasExchange of emails between Jeff Briscoe and Samantha Stayner, Manager of ABC local Hobart, regarding statements made on The Drum on 9 June 2023 by Leon Compton: Dear Mr Cheek,Complaint – Leon Compton – Public Interest v Safety I wish to submit a complaint about ABC Hobart editorial policy and the lack of impartiality of…
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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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Tasmania Hobart Council apology to Louise Elliot
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City of Hobart’s chief executive officer has found Hobart councillor Louise Elliot was discriminated against, lied to, and unfairly treated after she was blocked from booking a venue because of her political beliefs. In September last year, Cr Elliot attempted to book the Town Hall Ballroom for an event in November which she described as…
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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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Tasmanian Ombudsman investigates Hobart City Council
Tasmania’s Ombudsman has launched an investigation into claims Hobart City Council and Lord Mayor breached privacy laws by tipping off transgender activists about a proposed “women’s rights” event. After a preliminary assessment, the Ombudsman has appointed a senior investigator to probe a complaint by councillor Louise Elliot. Ms Elliot alleges her private request to book…
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Whistleblower exposes Hobart City Council transgender rights cover-up
Emails showing a forum critical of transgender rights was “blocked” by Hobart City Council staff were withheld from release under right to information, in conduct the council concedes may be criminal. Two senior staff whose emails were caught up in an RTI request by councillor and transgender rights critic Louise Elliot have in recent weeks either resigned…
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Panel on Free Speech in Australia and book launch
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Free Speech Union Australia organised a discussion panel at Hobart Town Hall with Irish comedy writer Graham Linehan to discuss his book, Tough Crowd. In it, he details how he was cancelled, banned from Twitter, and effectively ejected from the UK comedy scene for making jokes about trans people. He has since expressed views critical of…
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Email to Fiona Cameron Ombudsman ABC Hobart Radio complaint
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Women Speak Tasmania letter to Fiona Cameron- ABC Ombudsman, with a complain about Leon Compton bias interview with Louise Elliot COMPLAINT: ABC Hobart Radio Leon Compton Interview with Louise Elliot We wish to make a complaint about the ABC Radio Tasmania Mornings host Leon Compton and his interview with Independent Candidate for Clarke and Hobart…
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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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WST condemns HCC bullying of Councillor Elliot
Women Speak Tasmania members staged a series of protests against the bullying of Councillor Louise Elliott Councillor Elliott has been targeted because of her gender critical beliefs.