Tag: politics
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Conversion Therapy forum staged in Hobart
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A forum in parliament to discuss a proposed ban on gender identity conversion therapy has heard that Tasmanians should be free to seek therapy, while a Sydney psychologist questioned the wisdom of allowing children to make their own choices in gender transition. The forum, which had been lambasted by Greens leader Cassy O’Connor as a…
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Robust and respectful free debate is vital
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Comment by Isla MacGregor Cassy O’Connor’s recent call for Premier Jeremy Rockliff to ban the Free Speech Alliance Australia forum at Parliament House on conversion therapy laws is regrettable. Democracy can only flourish when there is informed, robust and respectful free debate. The Tasmanian Law Reform Institute final report on the issue has not received…
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Correspondence to the ABC Ombudsman Fiona Cameron
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Below is a series of emails to Fiona Cameron, where WST comments about the ABC biased reporting on gender identity law reforms. Dear Fiona, Complaint: ABC Tasmania biased reportage on gender identity law reforms I am writing to you to further my complaint already sent to ABC Hobart Manager Marcus Cheek and what I consider…
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Targeted campaign against conversion therapy ban as Tasmania looks to outlaw practice
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in NewsA targeted campaign is being run in Tasmania against plans to ban conversion therapy, including a Liberal MP hosting an upcoming event in Parliament House questioning the move. Survivors of conversion therapies, and LGBTIQA+ groups, argue the campaign fundamentally misrepresents the proposed laws, which would see Tasmania join Victoria, Queensland and the ACT in banning the…
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Xris Reardon from WIO witness statement
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in ResourcesBelow is the witness statement from Xris Reardon from Working It Out, to the Commission of Inquiry into the Tasmanian Government’s Responses to Child Sexual Abuse in Institutional Settings.
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Women need voice
The debate over the religious freedom Bill was poorly timed as it should have followed on from a Bill on amendments to the Federal Sex Discrimination Act to properly define the definition of woman and man. Fortunately, Senator Claire Chandler’s Bill for amendments to the Sex Discrimination Act to save women sports will be debated…
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Discrimination complaint over transgender, female changerooms remarks against senator dropped
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in NewsA discrimination complaint against Tasmanian Senator Claire Chandler over her comments on female change rooms and transgender women has been dropped. A discrimination complaint against Tasmanian Senator Claire Chandler over her comments on female change rooms and transgender women has been dropped. The complainant contacted Equal Opportunity Tasmania today to withdraw the complaint, after a…
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MP whose ex-wife is now a man bans women’s group from using an office because it holds ‘trans-exclusionary’ views
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in NewsA feminist group has been banned from using free office facilities normally available to community organisations because Independent MP Andrew Wilkie said it holds ‘trans-exlusionary’ views. Andrew Wilkie has banned Women Speak Tasmania from using taxpayer-funded photocopying facilities in Hobart. The federal member for Clark said his sensitivity about the issue has been heightened because…
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Request to the Tasmania AG Elise Archer to include protections for females on the grounds of biological ‘sex’ in the Anti-Discrimination Act.
WST representatives send a letter to Attorney General Elise Archer requesting to include protections for females on the grounds of biological ‘sex’ in the Anti-Discrimination Act Dear Attorney General, Elise Archer We are writing to formally request that the Government consider drafting a bill for amendment of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1998 (Tas) to include protections…