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  • Tasmanian MPs Speak Out Against Gender Ideology 

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    Women Speak Tasmania welcomes Liberal Senator Eric Abetz’s public comments on the dangers of the gender affirmation model and the growing international backlash against the medicalisation of children. Mr Abetz said: “Young people are now suing governments and institutions over the puberty blockers administered to them and the promotion of the affirmation agenda, rather than…

  • The Mercury corrected the photograph. What about the story?

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    Women Speak Tasmania initiated the petition at the centre of the controversy. Yet the Mercury reported on the campaign without contacting the organisation — a recurring omission that raises questions about how women’s rights advocacy is represented. On 13 October 2026, the Hobart Mercury published a story by Sue Bailey headlined “Therapy ban bill fight:…

  • Leaked Working It Out email reveals real intent of Greens Bill

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    A recent email sent by Olivia Hogarth, CEO of Working It Out, reveals the real intent behind the Greens’ Conversion Practices Prohibition Bill 2026. The email confirms what several Liberal politicians, along with legal and medical experts, have warned: that the Bill will result in non-affirming counselling being treated as a conversion practice. Dr Caballero…

  • Premier backtracks on commitment to consultation on conversion bill

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    Women Speak Tasmania (WST) is calling on Premier Jeremy Rockliff to honour his 2023 commitment to ensure the Tasmanian community has an opportunity to participate in consultation on proposed conversion practices legislation. WST’s petition opposing the Bill, sponsored by Michael Ferguson MP, has attracted almost 2,000 signatures in just four days, demonstrating growing public concern…

  • Family Violence Reforms Bill 2026

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    Women Speak Tasmania has made a submission to the Tasmanian Department of Justice on the Family Violence Reforms Bill 2026, with particular focus on the proposed criminal offence of coercive control. What is coercive control? Coercive control describes a pattern of behaviour used to dominate, control or restrict another person. It can include intimidation, threats,…

  • Conversion Practices Prohibition Bill 2026: Why WST is calling for a Parliamentary Inquiry

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    Women Speak Tasmania has released its 16-page analysis of the Tasmanian Greens’ Conversion Practices Prohibition Bill 2026. Women Speak Tasmania supports protection from coercive, abusive and degrading practices directed at a person because of their sexual orientation. The history of attempts to shame, punish or forcibly alter same-sex attraction provides a legitimate basis for legal…

  • Greens Bill not fit for Purpose

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    Women Speak Tasmania has reviewed the Greens’ proposed Conversion Practices Prohibition Bill 2026 and considers the Bill deeply flawed and not fit for purpose. WST President Dr Elizabeth Caballero said: “The Government should establish a Parliamentary Inquiry to properly examine this poorly drafted Bill and hear from people with recent experiences of conversion practices, as…

  • The Female Factory Flash Mob Returns: A Protest Over Who Gets Remembered as a Woman

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    Cascades Female Factory Historic Site, Hobart — 13 April 2026 A first-hand account documented by Female Factory Flash Mob 2026 There is a particular irony in what happened at the Cascades Female Factory on 13 April 2026. To see it clearly, the place has to be taken on its own terms. In the early years…

  • Deputy Premier agrees Greens Bill is “flawed” and “extreme”

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    Deputy Premier and Attorney-General Guy Barnett has responded to Women Speak Tasmania (WST) following our submission concerning the Tasmanian Greens’ draft Conversion Practices Prohibition Bill 2026. On 28 August, Mr Barnett wrote to WST in response to our concerns about the proposed legislation. Women Speak Tasmania President Dr Elizabeth Caballero said: “We most certainly agree…

  • Request for Parliamentary Inquiry into Affirmative Care and Conversion Practices – Email to Tasmania Deputy Premier

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    Dear Deputy Premier Barnett, Thank you for your reply on 28 August in relation to our correspondence concerning the Tasmanian Greens’ draft Conversion Practices Prohibition Bill 2026. We most certainly agree with the Government that the Greens’ Bill is both fundamentally flawed and extreme. Importantly, as you have inferred, the Greens’ Bill intends to criminalise…