Tag: Tasmania Health Service
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Tasmania’s Mental Health Strategy Must Put Women and Girls First
The Tasmanian Government is currently developing its new mental health strategy, Rethink and Beyond 2026–2031 — an opportunity to build a system that is genuinely trauma-informed, evidence-based, and responsive to the needs of vulnerable Tasmanians. Women Speak Tasmania has made a formal submission to the consultation process, focusing specifically on the mental health needs of…
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Tasmanian Mental Health Strategy – Rethink and Beyond (2026–2031)
The Tasmanian Government is currently developing the next Tasmanian Mental Health Strategy – Rethink and Beyond (2026–2031). Women Speak Tasmania has made a formal submission to this important consultation. Our submission is based directly on the AAWAA UN OHCHR submission on mental health and human rights (October 2024) and on Tasmania-specific statistics, particularly around male…
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Tasmania’s Department of Health Puts Ideology Before Biology
A recent article in The Australian highlighted growing debate over the language used in women’s healthcare and medical institutions across Australia. The article focused on a seminar hosted by UNSW Sydney senior research fellow Kerryn Drysdale — whose academic background includes a thesis on drag culture — titled “Reimagining Menopause for Trans and Gender Diverse…
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Tasmanian Health Sponsorship of AusPATH Raises Serious Questions
The Tasmanian Health Service has signed on as a Gold Sponsor of the upcoming AusPATH national conference in Hobart—and is even offering to pay for GPs to attend. But there’s a fundamental problem: AusPATH is not a professional medical association. A recent paper in Australasian Psychiatry concluded that AusPATH: And the concerns don’t stop there.…
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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…