Women Speak Tasmania

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  • Deputy Premier agrees Greens Bill is “flawed” and “extreme”

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    Deputy Premier and Attorney-General Guy Barnett has responded to Women Speak Tasmania (WST) following our submission concerning the Tasmanian Greens’ draft Conversion Practices Prohibition Bill 2026. On 28 August, Mr Barnett wrote to WST in response to our concerns about the proposed legislation. Women Speak Tasmania President Dr Elizabeth Caballero said: “We most certainly agree…

  • Request for Parliamentary Inquiry into Affirmative Care and Conversion Practices – Email to Tasmania Deputy Premier

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    Dear Deputy Premier Barnett, Thank you for your reply on 28 August in relation to our correspondence concerning the Tasmanian Greens’ draft Conversion Practices Prohibition Bill 2026. We most certainly agree with the Government that the Greens’ Bill is both fundamentally flawed and extreme. Importantly, as you have inferred, the Greens’ Bill intends to criminalise…

  • Push for Parliamentary Inquiry into 29 Testimonies

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    Women Speak Tasmania is calling on Attorney General Guy Barnett to acknowledge 29 confidential testimonies presented to him in December 2025 and establish a Parliamentary Inquiry into Affirmative Care and Conversion Practices before the Greens’ proposed Conversion Practices Prohibition Bill 2026 is debated. On 15 December 2025, a delegation of Tasmanians representing LGB Alliance Australia,…

  • Moratorium Needed in Gender Transitions

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    The state election campaign saw renewed debate about ‘gender-affirming care’ in children. Recent international developments highlight major concerns about the ‘gender-affirming’ approach. Bipartisan consensus in many countries shows major changes are needed in paediatric gender medicine. The 2024 UK Cass Review on gender transition interventions in young people found no clear evidence supporting ‘gender-affirming’ interventions…

  • Health Minister Mark Butler Congratulated on Inquiry into Gender Medicine for Children

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    Women Speak Tasmania congratulates the federal Health Minister Mark Butler on his decision to establish an inquiry into gender medicine guidelines for young people suffering gender distress. Mark Butler’s decision comes in the wake of the recent whistleblower allegations about the rogue Cairns Sexual Health Service that have prompted the Queensland Government to suspend the…

  • Push for Parliamentary Inquiry into Sex Self ID Laws following Olympics Fiasco

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    In the last few days the world has been witness to the disastrous result that sex self ID laws have had on women’s sports. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has failed to protect female athletes by allowing men who identify as women, whether intersex or transgender, to compete against women. Dr Elizabeth Caballero Pastor said…

  • Calls On Federal Health Minister to Conduct Inquiry into Gender Clinics

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    Following on from Tasmania Health Minister Guy Barnett written request to Federal Health Minister Mark Butler to consider establishing a Commonwealth inquiry into gender clinics, WST have kept this momentum going by also writing to Health Minister Mark Butler. Spokesperson Dr Elizabeth Caballero Pastor said, ‘After our initial request sent to Tasmania’s Health Minister Guy…

  • Calls for Commonwealth Inquiry into Gender Clinics

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    In response to WST correspondence with Health Minister Guy Barnett, we are pleased that the Tasmanian Liberal Government is the first Government in Australia to back a Commonwealth inquiry into gender clinics and their guidelines in response to release of England’s groundbreaking Cass Review. Spokesperson Dr Elizabeth Caballero Pastor said, ‘While our initial request to…

  • Call on Minister Nic Street to Establish Hobart City Council Inquiry

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    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…

  • Push on Politicians to Back Federal Child Trans Health Inquiry 

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    Women Speak Tasmania has recently backed calls for a federal parliamentary inquiry into the models of care, including medical and surgical interventions, currently being offered to children and young people presenting at gender services in Australia.  The ‘gender affirming’ approach adopted by such as the Gender Clinic at the Royal Melbourne Hospital for Children has…