Women Speak Tasmania

Tag: safeguarding children

  • AHRC President Faces Questions Over Youth Gender Care and Women’s Rights

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    On 29 April 2026, Hugh de Kretser delivered his inaugural Australian Human Rights Assessment address at the National Press Club in Canberra amid growing controversy surrounding the Australian Human Rights Commission’s Equal Identities: A human rights review of the experiences of trans and gender diverse people in Australia, released in March 2026. The report has…

  • Transparency in Relationships and Sexuality Education – Letter to the Children’s Commissioner

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    Letter sent to the Interim Children’s Commissioner, Ms Isabelle Crompton on 26.03.26 Dear Ms Crompton, Subject: Concerns regarding transparency and parental engagement in Relationships and Sexuality Education programs in Tasmanian schools I am writing on behalf of Women Speak Tasmania to raise concerns about a potential systemic issue affecting student wellbeing and parental engagement in…

  • Analysis of The Australia Human Rights Commission’s Equal Identities Report

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    Women Speak Tasmania has carefully reviewed the Australian Human Rights Commission’s March 2026 report, Equal Identities – A human rights review of the experiences of trans and gender diverse people in Australia. While the report claims to advance human rights, its 19 recommendations would seriously undermine the sex-based rights of women and girls in Australia…

  • Injustice to Victims

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    In response to Craig Thomson’s opinion piece “The dangerous appeal of naming and shaming sex offenders and vigilantism” (The Examiner, 29 March 2026), I must disagree. Leniency to the criminal is injustice to the victim. Tasmania’s approach to paedophiles remains far too soft. Offenders convicted of possessing child sexual abuse material or indecently assaulting children…

  • Northern Community Hub All-Gender Facilities – Letter to Nick Duigan

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    Letter sent to Minister for Sport Duigan from a concerned mother on 30.03.26 Dear Minister Duigan, I am writing to you as a concerned mother regarding the new Northern sports hub. For years now my two eight-year-old daughters attended gymnastics classes at the PCYC facility, and while we are grateful for the investment in community…

  • The Perils of Prioritising Inclusivity Over Safeguarding in Respectful Relationships Education

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    Respectful Relationships Education (RRE) has the potential to play an important role in helping young people understand consent, boundaries, empathy, and mutual respect. When delivered responsibly, it can contribute to reducing bullying, harassment, and violence, and support healthier relationships throughout life. However, recent events demonstrate that when “inclusivity” is prioritised without proper safeguarding, supervision, or…

  • Safety and Mental Health Concerns for Girls in the Miss Tasmania Pageant

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    Why Biological Males Competing Undermines Child Safeguarding and Female Empowerment In February 2026, Mini Miss Pageants announced Lucy Violet Faulkner — a trans-identified man from Geelong, Victoria — as a 2026 Miss Tasmania contestant. The original social media post was quickly removed after strong community backlash. The Tasmanian papers focused heavily on claims of “hatred”…

  • The Growing Conflict Over Children, Gender Policy, and Government Authority

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    Across Australia, a quiet but profound shift is occurring in education policy. It is not primarily about pronouns, flags, or even gender identity. At its core, the emerging conflict concerns something far more fundamental: who has responsibility for children — parents or the state? Over the past two years, policies introduced in several Australian states…

  • Analysis of The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child

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    The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) is the world’s leading human rights treaty for children, setting out their civil, political, economic, and social rights. It establishes that every child is entitled to protection, guidance, and care that promote their wellbeing and development. Core Principles of the CRC The Convention is…

  • Dr Russell from Equality Tasmania Is Pushing Harmful Myths

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    It is not a “harmful myth,” Dr Russell, that Tasmanian children are being taught that boys can have a vagina, girls can have a penis, and that a person can “feel like a boy inside” even if they were assigned female at birth. This wording is taken directly from Tasmanian Government policy and from materials…