Tag: Tasmania
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Protecting Fairness, Safety and Opportunity in the Tasmanian Women and Girls Sport Strategy
Women Speak Tasmania has lodged a formal submission to the Department of State Growth on the draft Tasmanian Women and Girls Sport Strategy 2025–2032: “She Moves. She Leads. She Belongs.” We have also copied to the Minister for Sport, Hon. Nick Duigan, to ensure this vital issue receives the highest level of attention. Standing for…
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Department of State Growth: Tasmanian Women and Girls Sport Strategy 2025–2032 “She Moves. She Leads. She Belongs”
Women Speak Tasmania welcomes the Tasmanian Government’s commitment to increasing participation and leadership opportunities for women and girls in sport. However, we are deeply concerned that the draft strategy, as written, risks undermining the very group it seeks to support — females. Our submission draws on international and domestic legal frameworks, including: Key Concerns with…
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Protecting Women in Prison: Tasmania Must Follow the Northern Territory’s Lead
Women Speak Tasmania welcomes the strong leadership shown by Northern Territory Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro, who has announced that born males will no longer be placed in women’s prisons. The NT is now the first jurisdiction in Australia to take decisive action to protect the safety and dignity of female inmates. Chief Minister Finocchiaro’s clear…
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Call for Clear Policy on Housing of Trans-Identifying Male Prisoners – Letter to Tasmania Premier
Letter sent to the Premier on 14 October 2025 Dear Premier Rockliff, Re: Protecting Women in Custody – Call for Clear Policy on Housing of Trans-Identifying Male Prisoners Women Speak Tasmania commends Northern Territory Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro for her decisive leadership in banning born males from being housed in women’s prisons. This policy places…
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Women Speak Tasmania Welcomes Northern Territory Leadership on Prison Safety
Women Speak Tasmania (WST) congratulates Northern Territory Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro for her decisive action to ban transgender women who are born male from being housed in women’s prisons. This landmark policy prioritises the safety, dignity, and fundamental rights of women in custody. Chief Minister Finocchiaro’s statement that “there should be no men in women’s…
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Why Women’s Safety Must Be Central to Tasmania’s Prison Policy
Equality Tasmania welcomed the Custodial Inspector’s concern about the safety of LGBTIQA+ prisoners, following reports of assaults against gay men in Tasmanian prisons. In a December 2024 statement, Equality Tasmania spokesperson Rodney Croome said the organisation was “alarmed by repeated cases of abuse and violence against LGBTIQA+ people” and called for stronger policies and training…
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Women Speak Tasmania Calls for Consultation with Women on Transgender Prison Policy
Women Speak Tasmania has written to Attorney-General Guy Barnett expressing concern over the Tasmanian Department of Justice’s development of a Trans and Gender Diverse Prisoner Policy in consultation with its LGBTIQA+ Reference Group, but with no women’s organisations included as stakeholders. The group thanked the Attorney-General for his earlier correspondence of 12 March 2025, confirming…
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Consultation with Women on Transgender Prison Policy – Letter to the Attorney General
Letter sent to Tasmania AG Guy Barnett on 12 October 2025 Dear Attorney General Guy Barnett, We thank you for your letter of 12 March 2025 confirming that, for statistical purposes, data relating to rape crimes and victims is recorded according to sex, not gender. We note that the Department of Justice is developing a…
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Fed Govt silent amid fears over release of ‘high-risk’ foreign-born rapist
Federal Immigration Minister Tony Burke has failed to comment on a petition seeking the deportation of a Sudanese-born man jailed for raping a 76-year-old woman a decade ago. Christo Brown was sentenced in 2018 to eight years’ imprisonment after a jury found him guilty of breaking into the elderly woman’s Launceston home at night and…