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  • Women’s War of Words

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    A CODE of conduct complaint is expected to be filed against a new Hobart City councillor over posts on social media. Women’s rights group Women Speak Tasmania say they will lodge a complaint against Cr Holly Ewin with Hobart City Council general manager Nick Heath in the “foreseeable future”. The group has alleged Cr Ewin…

  • Labor, the Greens and Sue Hickey Pass ‘Seriously Flawed’ Laws

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    Labor, the Greens and Liberal Speaker, Sue Hickey, failed to heed the advice of legal and academic experts, including the Solicitor-General and former Tasmanian Bar Association President, Chris Gunson, and today passed radical amendments to the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act and the Anti-Discrimination Act. Women Speak Tasmania Spokesperson, Bronwyn Williams, said – ‘Many…

  • Talking Point: Gender law deferral not too much to ask

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    PAUL HARRISS: Gender law changes should be postponed until they are examined by the Tasmanian Law Reform Institute WITH the passage last week of changes to gender laws through the Legislative Council, Speaker Sue Hickey is now the only person with the power to intervene and stand up for proper parliamentary and legal process. Laws…

  • Gender Bill Amendments Turning Good Intentions into a Running Joke.

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    The latest amendments to the Justice and Related Legislation (Marriage Amendments) Bill circulated by Ruth Forrest on Tuesday are in danger of turning the professed good intentions of some Upper House members into a political three-ring circus. ‘We now have further amendments from Ms Forrest, desperately trying to paper over some of the many cracks…

  • Forum: “Review of Transgender Law Reforms”

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    On 17 March 2019, Women Speak Tasmania (WST) announced that the Tasmanian Regional Meeting of the Quakers cancelled their booking for a public forum due to be held at the Friends Meeting House in New Town. The cancellation came just one day before the event, which was set to discuss the impact of transgender law…

  • Quakers Cancel Booking for Women’s Forum 

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    The Clerks of the Tasmanian Regional  Meeting (TRM) of the Quakers yesterday cancelled the forum booking for Women Speak Tasmania scheduled for Monday night 18 March.  The forum was to be held in the Friends Meeting House in Argyle Street, New Town. ‘The cancellation appears to be the result of a smear campaign from some…

  • Women’s forum on transgender law reforms goes ahead

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    Women Speak Tasmania are holding a Q & A forum Review of Transgender Law Reforms on  Monday 18th March at the Friends Meeting House in North Hobart between 6-7.30pm. This forum comes after a sustained campaign over many monoths by some in the trans rights lobby and their supporters to silence women’s voices on legislative proposals…

  • Children’s Commissioner’s Warning: Transgender Reforms Rushed Without Proper Consultation

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    The Tasmanian Commissioner for Children and Young People, Leanne McLean, has revealed that she was never briefed or asked to comment on the Justice and Related Legislation (Marriage Amendments) Bill 2018 – even after major amendments were pushed through the Lower House late last year. This startling admission highlights how little consultation Labor and the…

  • Martine Delaney expects birth certificate move will be accepted

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    Tasmanians support legislation making inclusion of gender on birth certificates optional when they learn what it actually does, transgender activist Martine Delaney says. A poll for the Liberal Party in December suggested strong opposition among voters. The EMRS poll found 71 per cent of respondents opposed the birth certificate move and 21 per cent supported it. Respondents were asked: “Do you support…

  • Transforming Tasmania Cries Foul over Poll Results

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    The EMRS poll results released yesterday indicate the majority of Tasmanians do not support changes to the state’s birth registration process proposed by Labor and the Greens. The changes were passed as amendments to the Justice and Related Legislation (Marriage Amendments) Bill 2018 by our parliament’s Lower House in November last year.  In March they…