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  • Robin Banks, Women Speak Tasmania and the WILPF Controversy: A Historical Record

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    Introduction In late 2018, Women Speak Tasmania (WST) became involved in a public controversy that raised questions about freedom of expression, political disagreement, and the participation of women in debates surrounding proposed gender law reforms in Tasmania. The dispute began after former Tasmanian Anti-Discrimination Commissioner Robin Banks contacted the Women’s International League for Peace and…

  • The Dispute Between WoLF Tasmania and Anti-Discrimination Commissioner Robin Banks: A Historical Record

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    Introduction In 2016, a dispute arose between Tasmania’s Anti-Discrimination Commissioner, Robin Banks, and members of the Women’s Liberation Front (WoLF) Tasmania during consultation on proposed reforms to Tasmania’s Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act. The dispute centred on recommendations that would have removed the requirement for sex reassignment surgery before a person could legally change…

  • Tasmanian Attorney-General appointed members for TASCAT outside panel’s recommendations

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    Tasmania’s Attorney-General Elise Archer says she chose members for a tribunal over candidates recommended by its selection panel because she wanted to preserve the tribunal’s independence from politics. The Tasmanian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (TASCAT) is a specialist tribunal which deals with dispute resolution. Its selection panel recommended 17 candidates for appointment in June this year.…

  • Investigation into Former Anti-Discrimination Commissioner Robin Banks

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    Women Speak Tasmania is disappointed that Anti-discrimination Commissioner Sarah Bolt has referred our complaint against former Anti-discrimination Commissioner Robin Banks to the Ombudsman for investigation. We submitted our complaint against Robin Banks when our organisation was no-platformed last year at a public forum in Human Rights Week organised by the Women’s International League for Peace…

  • Anti-discrimination chief handballs transgender ‘conflict’ case

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    In an article published in The Australian on 24 January 2019, titled “Anti-discrimination chief handballs transgender ‘conflict’ case”, journalist Matthew Denholm reported that Tasmania’s Anti-Discrimination Commissioner Sarah Bolt had referred a complaint against her predecessor, Robin Banks, to the Tasmanian Ombudsman, citing concerns about a potential perceived conflict of interest. The complaint had been lodged…

  • Former anti-discrimination commissioner Robin Banks now subject of discrimination complaint

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    In an article published in The Australian on 13 December 2018, titled “Former anti-discrimination commissioner Robin Banks now subject of discrimination complaint”, journalist Matthew Denholm reported that Women Speak Tasmania members Bronwyn Williams and Isla MacGregor had lodged both federal and state anti-discrimination complaints against former Tasmanian Anti-Discrimination Commissioner Robin Banks. The complaints arose from…

  • Human Rights Event Cancelled due to Trans Lobby’s Bullying

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    ‘We are in a new era of witch burning, except that today, the fire is that of media and propaganda, with trans activists and their supporters suppressing any information that contradicts their goals and silencing their critics through oppressive tactics. Some of our contributors have been fired from teaching positions at universities; some have been…

  • Robin Banks Attempts to No-Platform Women Speak Tasmania

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    Women Speak Tasmania is scheduled to speak at a Human Rights Week event for the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) on 12 December next. On 30 November, former Anti-discrimination Commissioner, Robin Banks, emailed WILPF with the following … Ms Banks’ statements clearly amount to vilification of the Women Speak Tasmania speakers, and…

  • Attack on Freedom of Speech

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    In the article: Attack on Freedom of Speech (also published under the headline Women say they’re being stopped from speaking at a forum over opposition to Tasmania transgender laws) by Matthew Denholm The Australian reported on a dispute concerning Women Speak Tasmania’s invitation to speak at a Human Rights Week event organised by the Tasmanian…

  • Whistleblowers Tasmania Backs Call for Parliamentary Inquiry …

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    Whistleblowers Tasmania has backed the call by Tessa Anne from the Women’s Liberation Front for a Parliamentary Inquiry into the conduct of the Anti-Discrimination Commissioner Robin Banks and Equal Opportunity Tasmania Policy Advisor Leica Wagner. The allegations made by Tessa Anne and reported in The Australian on Saturday 1st October are significant and need to…