Tag: Hobart
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ABC Hobart Breakfast: One-Sided Interview on Anti-Discrimination Law Reform
Recently, the important public debate about reforming Tasmania’s Anti-Discrimination Act 1998 to add biological sex as a protected attribute reached Tasmania Parliament and then mainstream media. Women Speak Tasmania has been campaigning for this change to better protect single-sex spaces, services, and fair sport for women and girls. However, when ABC Hobart Breakfast covered the…
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Human Rights, Sex-Based Rights, and the Questions Left Unanswered
On 21 April 2026, the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC), in partnership with Tasmania’s Office of the Anti-Discrimination Commissioner, hosted the first event in its national seminar series titled “The Answer Is Human Rights” at the RACV Hobart Hotel. The event marked the AHRC’s 40th anniversary and promoted two major reform agendas: The evening featured…
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WST Condemns Violent Rhetoric and Intimidation Ahead of Medical Forum at Parliament House
Women Speak Tasmania (WST) condemns the violent, abusive and intimidating language being promoted by organisers of a planned protest targeting today’s medical forum Youth Gender Distress: Pathways to Holistic Care, held in the Parliament Reception Room. Today’s forum is fully attended by members of the community, including medical doctors, clinicians, nurses, scientific researchers, academics, Members…
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Statement on Safety Concerns Regarding the Planned Counter-Protest at Parliament House
Women Speak Tasmania (WST) is holding its Youth Gender Distress Forum on 27 November 2025, inside the Parliament House Reception Room. Our event is a lawful, registered, peaceful forum focused on healthcare, safeguarding, and evidence-based discussion. In recent days, a group organising a counter-protest has circulated promotional material on Facebook using highly inflammatory, derogatory, and…
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Request for Police Presence During Planned Protest at Parliament House – Letter to Felix Ellis
Letter sent to Minister for Police Felix Ellis on 23.11.25 Dear Minister Ellis, Re: Request for Police Presence – Planned Protest at Parliament House During “Youth Gender Distress: Pathways to Holistic Care” Forum Women Speak Tasmania is writing to request appropriate and responsible Tasmania Police oversight during the planned protest on the Parliament House lawns…
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Invitation to the Public Forum “Youth Gender Distress: Pathways to Holistic Care” – Letter to Tasmanian Parliament and Legislative Council Members
Dear…, On behalf of Women Speak Tasmania, I warmly invite you to attend an important Public Forum on Youth Gender Distress: Pathways to Holistic Care, to be held at the Parliament Reception Room, Parliament House, Hobart, on Thursday, 27 November 2025 from 1:00pm to 5:00pm This forum will examine one of the most pressing issues…
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Invitation to the Forum: Youth Gender Dysphoria – Pathways to Holistic Care
Women Speak Tasmania invites you to a Public Forum on one of the most pressing issues in child and adolescent health today: Youth Gender Distress: Pathways to Holistic Care. This important event, hosted by Carlo Di Falco, Member for Lyons (Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party of Tasmania), brings together leading psychiatrists and experts to examine…
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Government Sponsorship of AusPATH Conference – Letter to Bridget Archer
Letter sent to Tasmania Health Minister Bridget Archer on 22 August 2025 Dear Minister Bridget Archer, Re: Government Sponsorship of the Australian Professional Association of Trans Health National Conference – Hobart 27-29 November 2025 We are writing to you to raise our serious concerns regarding the Sponsorship of the upcoming Australian Professional Association of Trans…
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Another Case of Bias? Ryk Goddard, Rodney Croome, and the Silencing of Medical Voices
On 20 June 2025, ABC Radio Hobart’s Breakfast host Ryk Goddard once again left listeners questioning the impartiality of our national broadcaster. The issue at hand was the Australian Doctors Federation’s Open Letter, co-signed by more than 100 health professionals, including Tasmanian State Liberal Party candidate Dr Julie Sladden. The letter called for an urgent…
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ABC Radio Hobart: Ryk Goddard Interview with Rodney Croome – Complaint to ABC Ombudsman
Complaint submitted on 27 June 2025 I wish to submit a complaint about Ryk Goddard’s recent ABC Hobart radio interview with Rodney Croome (20 June 2025) in response to publicity over Tasmanian State Liberal Party candidate Dr Julie Sladden co signing with 100 other Australian health professionals the Australian Doctors Federation Open Letter to Australian…