Tag: Tasmania Attorney General
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Consultation with Women on Transgender Prison Policy – Letter to the Attorney General
Letter sent to Tasmania AG Guy Barnett on 12 October 2025 Dear Attorney General Guy Barnett, We thank you for your letter of 12 March 2025 confirming that, for statistical purposes, data relating to rape crimes and victims is recorded according to sex, not gender. We note that the Department of Justice is developing a…
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Questions Regarding Government Probity in the Sponsorship of the AusPATH Conference — Letter to the Attorney-General
Letter sent to Tasmania Attorney General Guy Barnett on 22 August 2025 Women Speak Tasmania wrote to Attorney-General Guy Barnett to express concern about the Tasmanian Government’s sponsorship of the Australian Professional Association for Trans Health (AusPATH) National Conference in Hobart in November 2025. We noted that the conference is framed around “pushing back” against…
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Sentencing Law Ammenments – Letter to Tasmania Attorney General Guy Barnett
Dear Minister Guy Barnett, Re: Hate speech laws must not be used to silence dissent. Free speech protections are needed before any laws intended to curb speech. We are writing to you directly on the advice of the Health Minister Jacquie Petrusma at our meeting on 18 March 2025, to express our grave reservations about…
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A Win for Women: Tasmania Records Rape Statistics by Sex
At Women Speak Tasmania, we never stop speaking up for the safety and dignity of women—especially those in vulnerable situations like female prisons. Protecting women’s spaces means making sure policy and law are grounded in reality, not ideology. Recently, we wrote to Deputy Premier, Attorney General and Minister for Justice Guy Barnett with a simple…
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Rape Crime Data Based on Sex Not Gender
WST congratulate the Government for recording rape crime and victim data for statistical purposes according to sex not gender. Yesterday WST received a reply from Deputy Premier, Attorney General and Minister for Justice Guy Barnett confirming that data for statistical purposed in rape cases: ‘it is the sex of accused people and complainants that is…
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Advocating for the Repeal of the Sex Self-ID laws: Presentation of our Dossier to the Attorney-General
On January 20, 2025, Women Speak Tasmania members presented a comprehensive Dossier to the Tasmanian Attorney-General, Guy Barnett, detailing the adverse impacts of Tasmania’s sex self-identification laws on women, girls, families, and LGB individuals. Key Findings of the Dossier The dossier highlighted several critical concerns: Advocacy for Legislative Reform In light of these findings, WST…
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Collection of Data for Statistical Purposes with Regard to Rape Cases – Letter to Guy Barnett
Women Speak Tasmania wrote to the Minister for Justice Guy Barnett and Minister for Women and the Prevention of Family Violence Jo Palmer in regard of how data is collected on rape cases. Letter sent on the 29 January 2025 Dear Minister Guy Barnett, Re: Questions concerning the collection of data for statistical purposes with…
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Barnett meets with group seeking end to optional sex on certificates law
Attorney-General Guy Barnett has met with a feminist group that is calling for the repeal of the state’s sex self-ID legislation. Parliament passed the amendment to the Sex Discrimination Act in 2019, making the listing of babies’ gender optional on birth certificates and allowing any individual over 16 to change their listed gender on the…
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Tasmanian Attorney-General appointed members for TASCAT outside panel’s recommendations
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.…