Tag: Launceston
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City of Launceston fails basic consultation on major Aquatic Centre changeroom overhaul
Women Speak Tasmania is calling on the City of Launceston to pause its proposed all-gender changeroom design at the Launceston Aquatic Centre after a deeply inadequate consultation process. The proposal would remove existing male and female changerooms and replace them entirely with individual all-gender cubicles. Feedback was limited to hallway signs and a suggestion box…
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Proposed all-gender changerooms at Launceston Aquatic Centre: consultation, safety and privacy – Email to Launceston City Council
Email sent to Launceston Mayor and councillors on 24 August 2026 Dear Mayor Garwood and Councillors, I write on behalf of Women Speak Tasmania regarding the proposed redevelopment of the changeroom facilities at the Launceston Aquatic Centre. We recognise that the existing facilities are ageing and support a genuine upgrade. However, the proposed design appears…
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The Noises of North Tassie
The magnificent women of Women Speak Tasmania are angry, and rightly so. First, they’re angry that the brand-new Recreation Hub at Mowbray, Launceston, has no single-sex toilets or changerooms. And then, they’re angry that ABC Northern Tasmania chose to report this via a particularly exasperating little piece on its radio breakfast show on 28 April, with reporter Sunshine Wood…
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Government-Funded Launceston Sports Hub in Mowbray Built Without Female-only Facilities
Concerns are being raised about the design of the Northern Suburbs Community Recreation Hub in Mowbray, after it was confirmed the major publicly funded facility includes exclusively all-gender toilets and changerooms, with no provision for female-only spaces. Dr Elizabeth Caballero, President of Women Speak Tasmania and a resident of the Bass electorate, said the issue…
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The Northern Hub, Parliament Hypocrisy, and the Real Cost of “Inclusion”
At Women Speak Tasmania, we have spent years fighting to protect women’s hard-won single-sex spaces. The evidence is clear, the data is consistent, and the lived reality for girls and women is being ignored in the rush toward “inclusion.” The Performative Hypocrisy of Politicians On 30 November 2025, Labor MP Ella Haddad proudly posted about…
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Safety, Privacy and Dignity Concerns – All-gender Toilets and Changerooms at the Community Recreation Hub- Letter to Launceston City Council
Letter sent to Launceston Mayor Garwood and councillors on 29.03.26 Dear Mayor and Councillors, Re: Safety, privacy and dignity concerns – All-gender toilets and changerooms at the Northern Suburbs Community Recreation Hub, Mowbray I write on behalf of Women Speak Tasmania regarding the new Northern Suburbs Community Recreation Hub. We commend the Council and the…
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Safety, Privacy and Dignity Concerns – All-gender Toilets and Changerooms at the Community Recreation Hub – Letter to Nick Duigan
Letter sent to Minister for Sport Nick Duigan on 30.03.26 Dear Minister Duigan, Re: Safety, privacy and dignity concerns – All-gender toilets and changerooms at the Northern Suburbs Community Recreation Hub, Mowbray I write on behalf of Women Speak Tasmania regarding the recently opened Northern Suburbs Community Recreation Hub in Mowbray. We commend the Tasmanian…