Tag: sex-based rights
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Senate Estimates Expose Ongoing Chaos: Pregnancy for Men and Refusal to Define “Woman”
During this week’s 2026–27 Budget Estimates hearings, two important exchanges once again highlighted the deep confusion and ideological capture within Australia’s key gender and human rights agencies. Pregnancy and “Potential Pregnancy” in Discrimination Law On Tuesday 26 May 2026, in the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee, Senator Michaelia Cash questioned Sex Discrimination Commissioner Dr…
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Lawfare in Australia: Consequences for Gender-Critical Beliefs
Understanding the Conflict Between Gender Ideology and Gender-Critical Views In recent years, Australia has witnessed a growing number of complaints, tribunal proceedings, workplace disputes, regulatory actions, and court cases involving conflict between gender ideology and gender-critical beliefs. These disputes are not simply disagreements about personal identity. They raise broader questions about how society defines sex,…
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Sall Grover Loses Landmark Appeal on Female Spaces
On 15 May 2026 the Full Federal Court of Australia delivered its judgment in Giggle for Girls Pty Ltd v Tickle. The court dismissed Sall Grover’s appeal and upheld (in part) Roxanne Tickle’s cross-appeal. It recharacterised the discrimination as direct rather than indirect, doubled the damages to $20,000, and ordered Grover and her company to…
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One Year Later: How Can Governments Continue to Break the Law on Women’s Rights?
On Saturday 11 April 2026, women and men gathered in multiple cities for the #OneYearLater International Day of Action. Under the banner “ONE YEAR LATER — WE’RE BACK. OBEY THE LAW NOW! TICK TOCK”, they asked a simple question: “How can our government just continue to break the law?” Exactly one year after the UK…
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International Women’s Day 2026: Defending Women’s Sex-Based Rights in Tasmania
This International Women’s Day (8 March 2026), Women Speak Tasmania focused our advocacy on a clear and urgent goal: restoring the recognition of ‘sex’ in Tasmania’s Anti-Discrimination Act 1998. Women’s equality in law has always depended on the clear recognition of sex as a protected attribute. Without it, sex-based protections become difficult to enforce in…
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On International Women’s Day, We Call for the Recognition of Sex in the Anti-Discrimination Act
On International Women’s Day, Women Speak Tasmania proudly celebrates women worldwide and here in Tasmania as a distinct sex class—adult human females—whose biological reality has shaped centuries of struggle for rights, safety, and equality. On this day we honour the suffragists who fought for women’s enfranchisement, recognising women as a political and legal class deserving…
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Failure of Impartiality in Reporting on Sex-Based Rights – Letter to Linton Besser
Dear Linton Besser, I am concerned about the continual mischaracterisation by ABC of women’s rights campaigners as “anti trans”, when in fact we are simply defending our right of association. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-23/lesbian-group-transgender-exemption-federal-court/106375606 Lesbians don’t “want the right to exclude trans women”- they want to assert women’s right of association. The Australian Human Rights Commission on the…
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Reforming the Anti-Discrimination Act: Why We Asked the Attorney-General to Add “Sex” to the Law
On 15 December 2025, Women Speak Tasmania met with the Tasmanian Attorney-General, the Hon. Guy Barnett MP, to discuss a matter we believe is fundamental to the safety, dignity and legal recognition of women and girls in this state. At that meeting we formally presented our submission calling for reform of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1998…
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A Wake-Up Call for Women’s Sex-Based Rights in Australia
Kirralie Smith’s legal case marks a turning point in how Australian law treats women who speak publicly about sex-based rights. Her prosecution and heavy penalties for online commentary about women’s sport raise profound questions about free speech, political communication, and whether women can still lawfully defend sex-based categories in public debate. While courts characterised Smith’s…
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Delegation met with Attorney-General today to put “Sex” back in Anti-Discrimination Laws
Today, a delegation of concerned Tasmanian citizens – including parents, teachers, health professionals, members of LGB Alliance Australia, Women’s Action Alliance Tasmania and Women Speak Tasmania – met with the Tasmanian Attorney-General, Guy Barnett, to present a detailed compilation of testimonies documenting the real-world harm caused by current gender policies and anti-discrimination legislation. The delegation…