Tag: Tasmania Legislation
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Push for Parliamentary Inquiry into 29 Testimonies
Women Speak Tasmania is calling on Attorney General Guy Barnett to acknowledge 29 confidential testimonies presented to him in December 2025 and establish a Parliamentary Inquiry into Affirmative Care and Conversion Practices before the Greens’ proposed Conversion Practices Prohibition Bill 2026 is debated. On 15 December 2025, a delegation of Tasmanians representing LGB Alliance Australia,…
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Call for Transparency: Greens Must Publish Submissions on Conversion Practices Bill
Women Speak Tasmania has today written to all members of the Tasmanian Parliament calling on the Greens to publicly release every submission received on their Conversion Practices Prohibition Bill 2026. The submission period has closed, yet the Greens have made no commitment to publish the submissions. Without public scrutiny, Tasmanians will be denied access to…
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Request for Transparency and Meaningful Consultation on the Conversion Practices Prohibition Bill 2026 – Email to Tasmania MPs
Email to the Members of the Tasmanian Parliament, dated 19 August 2026 Dear Members of the Tasmanian Parliament, As the period for submissions on the Greens’ Conversion Practices Prohibition Bill 2026 has now closed, we write to draw your attention to a serious concern regarding transparency. We have been in contact with a number of…
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Greens’ Conversion Practices Bill 2026: Our Position
The Tasmanian Greens have released a consultation draft of the Conversion Practices Prohibition Bill 2026. The Bill proposes to ban practices that seek to change or suppress a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity. It creates new criminal offences, gives significant powers to the Anti-Discrimination Commissioner, and allows any person to make a report. Our…
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Conversion Practices Prohibition Bill 2026 – Email sent to Members of the Tasmanian Parliament
Email sent to Members of the Tasmanian Parliament on 27 July 2026 Dear Member of Parliament, I am writing on behalf of Women’s Speak Tasmania to provide you with our submission on the consultation draft of the Conversion Practices Prohibition Bill 2026, which has been released by the Tasmanian Greens. The formal submission has been…
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Women Speak Tasmania calls for gender identity to be removed from Conversion Practices Bill
Women Speak Tasmania has lodged a formal submission on the Tasmanian Greens’ Conversion Practices Prohibition Bill 2026 and provided copies to every Member of the Tasmanian Parliament. The organisation supports a targeted prohibition on conversion practices directed at sexual orientation but strongly opposes the inclusion of gender identity within the same legislative framework. The submission…
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Legal Brothels Will Not Protect Women: Why Tasmania Needs a Proper Review of Its Sex Industry Laws
On 12 July 2026, The Examiner published an article calling Tasmania’s sex work laws “outdated and dangerous” and urging reform to allow commercial brothels. The piece followed a Change.org petition by Phillip Cox. Mr Cox argues that legal brothels would improve safety and reduce exploitation. The Tasmanian Government and Labor Opposition have both stated they…
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Analysis of the Sex Industry Offences Act 2005 (Tasmania)
Overview The Sex Industry Offences Act 2005 (Tas) is the primary legislation regulating the sex industry in Tasmania. It commenced on a day to be proclaimed and remains in force (as at July 2026). The long title states that the Act imposes restrictions on the operation of sexual services businesses in order to protect children…
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Request for Review of the Sex Industry Offences Act 2005 and Adoption of the Nordic/Equality Model – Email to AG Guy Barnett
Email sent to Tasmania Attorney General Guy Barnett on 13 July 2026 Dear Attorney General Barnett, Re: Request for Review of the Sex Industry Offences Act 2005 and Adoption of the Nordic Model to Address Violence, Exploitation and Barriers to Exit I am writing on behalf of Women Speak Tasmania to urge you to initiate a…
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Parliamentary Privilege Used Against Tasmanian Women
Yesterday in the Tasmanian House of Assembly, two MPs used parliamentary privilege to directly attack Women Speak Tasmania by name. Kristie Johnston MP (Independent, Clark) Independent MP Kristie Johnston again labelled Women Speak Tasmania an “anti-trans group” that promotes “division and hate”. She claimed we encourage threats of violence, and suggested that no member of…