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Tag: Tasmania Legislation

  • Parliamentary Privilege Used Against Tasmanian Women

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    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…

  • Women Speak Tasmania Named in Tasmanian Parliament

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    “First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.” — Nicholas Klein Today in the Tasmanian Parliament during Question Time, Independent Member for Clark Kristie Johnston named Women Speak Tasmania and attacked our campaign. She accused us of wanting to “weaken Tasmania’s Anti-Discrimination Act” and “allow discrimination against…

  • Analysis of the Tasmanian Local Government Act (1993): How Equal Treatment of All Residents is the Legal Foundation of Good Local Governance

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    Women Speak Tasmania believes that genuine community wellbeing depends on local councils serving all residents fairly and impartially. This detailed analysis of the Local Government Act 1993 — the principal legislation governing Tasmania’s 29 councils — shows that the Act establishes equal treatment and service to the whole community as the foundation of good local…

  • Analysis of the Tasmanian Anti-Discrimination Act 1998

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    1. Overview of the Act The Tasmanian Anti-Discrimination Act 1998 (ADA) prohibits discrimination on a range of attributes, including: Critical fact:The Act does not include “sex” (female/male) as a protected attribute. This omission is unusual compared with Australian, international, and UN women’s rights law, all of which rely on sex, not gender identity, as the…

  • Amend the Tasmanian Anti-Discrimination Act – Letter to Peter George

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    Dear Peter, Congratulations on your election. I’m greatly relieved and hopeful:-) As a Tasmanian, parent and registered high school  teacher working in Glenorchy , I’d ask once government is formed, for you to please put forward a bill to amend the Tasmanian Anti Discrimination Act which currently does not mention men and women (biological sex)…

  • When Sex Becomes Gender: How Tasmania’s Law Rewrites Women’s Rights

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    In 2019, the Tasmanian Parliament passed the Justice and Related Legislation (Marriage and Gender Amendments) Act. At first glance, the law looks like a technical update—modernising language, expanding anti-discrimination protections, and creating new processes for recording gender. But beneath the surface, it redefines the way the law understands sex and gender—with profound consequences for women…

  • Fairness Under Strain: Women’s Sport in Tasmania at a Crossroads

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    Tasmanian international and national cycling competitor Jodie Willett took a stand that made headlines. She resigned from her membership of AusCycling, saying she could not continue under a policy that allowed trans-identified males to compete in the women’s category. Willett wrote to the organisation explaining that until AusCycling and the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) created…

  • Barnett meets with group seeking end to optional sex on certificates law

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    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…

  • Opinion: National Guidelines Needed Before Law Reforms on Conversion Practices Bill

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    It is timely, given the election media frenzy over statements made by Warringah candidate Kath Deves on gender medicine for minors, that the Tasmanian Law Reform Institue has released its long awaited final report on proposed legislative reforms on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity conversion practices. It is reasssuring to note that the Tasmanian Law…

  • Restoring Biological Reality in Tasmanian Law: Ivan Dean’s Amendments

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    The Justice and Related Legislation (Marriage Amendments) Bill 2018 – Amendments by Ivan Dean aimed to roll back Tasmania’s radical gender reforms and restore clarity, honesty, and fairness in law. What the Amendments Do Why This Matters Tasmania’s gender reforms replaced biological truth with ideology, leaving women and children vulnerable: Dean’s amendments restore common sense…