Tag: Tasmania
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Robust and respectful free debate is vital
Cassy O’Connor’s recent call for Premier Jeremy Rockliff to ban the Free Speech Alliance Australia forum at Parliament House on conversion therapy laws is regrettable. Democracy can only flourish when there is informed, robust and respectful free debate. The Tasmanian Law Reform Institute final report on the issue has not received any scrutiny by the…
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Media Accountability: When the ABC Sidelines Critical Voices in the Gender Identity Debate
In our ongoing efforts to ensure meaningful and evidence-based public discourse, and to express our disappointment with the inadequate and unsatisfactory response we received from ABC Hobart Manager, Marcus Cheek, Isla MacGregor recently wrote to Fiona Cameron—ABC Tasmania’s Ombudsman—expressing deep concern over the broadcaster’s biased and incomplete coverage of gender identity law reform discussions. Requesting…
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ABC Biased Reportage on Gender Identity Law Reforms – Email to the ABC Fiona Cameron
Below is a series of emails to Fiona Cameron, where WST comments about the ABC biased reporting on gender identity law reforms. Letter from Isla MacGregor 15.11.22 Dear Fiona, Complaint: ABC Tasmania biased reportage on gender identity law reforms I am writing to you to further my complaint already sent to ABC Hobart Manager Marcus…
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Tasmanian Attorney-General appointed members for TASCAT outside panel’s recommendations
Tasmania’s Attorney-General Elise Archer says she chose members for a tribunal over candidates recommended by its selection panel because she wanted to preserve the tribunal’s independence from politics. The Tasmanian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (TASCAT) is a specialist tribunal which deals with dispute resolution. Its selection panel recommended 17 candidates for appointment in June this year.…
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Complaint Against Kenji Sato for Incorrect and False Reporting – Letter to the Mercury Editor Craig Warhurst
Dear Craig, RE: Complaint against Kenji Sato for incorrect and false reporting I am writing to you with regard to an article that Kenjii Sato authored and was printed and also put online in the Mercury on the 7 June 2022. The article named “Anti Trans feminists lodge complaint over ‘f—king flag” was regarding a…
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Analysis of Xris Reardon’s Witness Statement: Redefining Safeguarding in Schools
On 4 May 2022, Xris Reardon of Working It Out gave a witness statement to the Commission of Inquiry into the Tasmanian Government’s Responses to Child Sexual Abuse in Institutional Settings What the Statement is About Xris Reardon, in their role as LGBTIQ+ Lead and Schools Inclusion Coordinator at Working It Out, gave evidence about:…