Tag: Tasmania Health Minister
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Duty of Care and Clinical Governance Considerations – Letter to Bridget Archer
Letter sent to the Tasmania Minister for Health, Hon. Bridget Archer, on 06.05.26 Dear Minister Archer, Re: Duty of Care and Clinical Governance Considerations – Tasmanian Gender Service I write regarding the continued provision of puberty suppression (Stage 1) and gender-affirming hormone treatment (Stage 2) to patients under 18 years of age through the Tasmanian…
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Tasmania Must Act Now on Puberty Blockers: A Call to Health Minister Bridget Archer and Attorney-General Guy Barnett
As the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) reveals Australia’s blind spots on puberty blockers for gender-distressed minors, Women Speak Tasmania is renewing our urgent call for action. Our February 26 media release demands that Tasmania’s Health Minister Bridget Archer and Attorney-General Guy Barnett immediately review the clinical, regulatory, and legal frameworks governing these off-label treatments. With…
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Tasmania Health Minister and Attorney-General Must Act on the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) Drug Alert
Women Speak Tasmania is calling on Tasmania’s Health Minister and Attorney-General to urgently review the clinical, regulatory, and legal framework surrounding the prescription of puberty-blocking drugs to minors, following the Therapeutic Goods Administration’s recent report into their off-label use in Australia. A report in The Australian on 23 February 2026 detailing the Therapeutic Goods Administration…
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Tasmania Must Act Now to Protect Children and Follow Queensland’s Ban on Puberty Blockers and Cross-Sex Hormones
Women Speak Tasmania (WST) is calling on the Tasmanian Government — specifically Premier Jeremy Rockliff and Minister for Health Bridget Archer — to act urgently to protect children by suspending Stage 1 (puberty blockers) and Stage 2 (cross-sex hormones) for minors, in line with Queensland’s recent decision. Queensland’s independent Hormone Treatment Review has now confirmed…
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Questions on the Tasmanian Gender Service: Our Follow-Up with the Health Minister
On 18 March, Women Speak Tasmania met with Health Minister Jacquie Petrusma to raise serious concerns about the Tasmanian Gender Service (TGS). Following that meeting, we wrote to the Minister to confirm our questions and seek clarity on several key issues surrounding the treatment of children and young people with gender dysphoria. Our Questions We…
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Questions regarding The Tasmania Gender Service – Letter to Jacquie Petrusma
Letter sent to Tasmania Minister for Health Jacquie Petrusma on 31 March 2025 Dear Minister Jacquie Petrusma, Re: Questions regarding The Tasmanian Gender Service I am writing to you as a follow up from our meeting on 18th March confirming our questions to you about the Tasmania Gender Service and some additional question Q1. As…
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Health Minister Jacquie Petrusma called on to follow Queensland Premier’s ban on puberty blockers and cross sex hormones
Today, Premier of Queensland, David Crisafulli announced that puberty blockers and cross sex hormones for minors with gender distress will be banned. Premier David Crisafulli’s actions following revelations that Cairns Sexual Health Service was providing puberty blockers to children as young as 12 years old without parental consent or any oversight. In light of such…
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Associated Risks with Current Gender Affirming Care Model – Letter to Jacquie Petrusma
Dear Minister Jacquie Petrusma, Re: Request for meeting to discuss the risks associated with the current gender-affirming care model for children in Tasmania. I am writing to you in light of recent developments regarding the use of puberty blockers in children with gender dysphoria. As you may know, the UK government recently made its ban…
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Health Minister Jacquie Petrusma must conduct independent review into off label puberty blockers
Women Speak Tasmania are calling on the Minister for Health Jacquie Petrusma to conduct an independent review into the Tasmanian Gender Service use of off label puberty blockers for the treatment of gender dysphoria. WST’ call today comes on the back of the NZ Ministry of Health’s release this week of their review into puberty…