Tag: Hobart
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ABC Radio Breakfast Ryk Goddard – Email to Fiona Cameron
Dear Fiona, Thank you for your reply and I now have found the time to submit another complaint to you. My complaint concerns several matters. Firstly: Regarding ABC Radio Breakfast host Ryk Goddard’s Breakfast show on Tuesday 14th February at approx. 7.48am with regard to a Motion being put forward by Cr Louise Elliott and…
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Protest staged over transgender access to change rooms
Biological males should not be given access to female change rooms and other female-only spaces, according to a group of activists that staged a protest at a council swimming pool in Hobart on Friday morning. About five members of activist group LGB Tasmania protested the Hobart City Council’s policy of granting trans women access to…
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RTI Documents expose Lord Mayor’s abuse of power
Documents recently obtained under Right to Information reveal the Lord Mayor Anna Reynolds’ abuse of her powers concerning the raising of the trans flags outside the Town Hall during the Coalition for Biological Reality forum Gender Identity in Law on 26 February, 2022. Spokesperson Isla MacGregor said: ‘Documents reveal that two days before the forum,…
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ABC Lack of Reporting on Gender Debate – Email to Marcus Cheek
Below is a series of emails sent by Women Speak Tasmania to Marcus Cheek, in our efforts to make him aware of bias reporting on the ABC Letter from Isla MacGregor 18.08.22 Dear Marcus, I would like to draw your attention to the recent program on ABC Media Watch with Paul Barry criticising the ABC…
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Hobart Early Childhood Centre Is No Place for Drag Queen Story Time
Members of Keep Gender Ideology Out of Schools are calling on Roger Jaensch, Minister for Education, Children and Youth, and Leanne McLean, Commissioner for Children and Young People, to investigate a 16 June 2022 event at the Cambridge Road Play and Learn Centre in Warrane, where drag queen Anna’mal Tuckerbox did a story time presentation…
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Reflecting on the Coalition for Biological Reality Forum “Gender Identity in Law”
On 26 February 2022, Hobart Town Hall hosted the long-awaited Gender Identity in Law forum, organised by the Coalition for Biological Reality. Originally scheduled for 28 August 2021, the event was postponed due to COVID-19 lockdowns, but the determination of organisers and supporters ensured it finally went ahead. The forum was created to spark an…
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Hobart Councillor Jax Ewin Fails to Cancel Public Forum
Hobart City Councillor Jax Ewin has failed to persuade Hobart City Council to cancel a public forum, Gender Identity in Law, being held at the Hobart Town Hall on 28 August. Cr Ewin’s latest attempt to prevent people from speaking about the impacts of gender identity laws was publicly shared on Facebook on 12 July:…
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Protest in Hobart Calls for Parliamentary Inquiry into Medicalisation of Children
On Friday, April 23, 2021, members of Women Speak Tasmania (WST) gathered outside the Tasmanian Gender Service at 60 Collins Street, Hobart, to protest the medicalisation of children with gender dysphoria. The action was part of an international campaign highlighting the unethical and experimental nature of so-called “gender-affirming” medical interventions on vulnerable young people. Holding…
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International Women’s Day Action in Hobart
On International Women’s Day, Women Speak Tasmania members and allies gathered in Hobart to take action in support of women’s rights. We stand firmly for sex-based rights, affirming that biological sex is real, measurable, and unchangeable. Our advocacy is rooted in the principle of “biological reality, not gender ideology”, ensuring that policies and protections for…
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Interview with Katie Warren at Breakfast with Kaz & Tubes
Katie Warren, former bass player for the Hobart band Yoni & The Steamers, became the focus of a storm after posting concerns on her personal Facebook page about material in a children’s book which she believed normalised abuse and was inappropriate for young readers. Though her comments centred on child safeguarding, Warren was quickly accused…