Tag: The Mercury
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What a Week! Reflections on Advocacy, Attacks, and Media Balance in Tasmania
Over the weekend, we at Women Speak Tasmania reflected on a very busy and, yes, quite exciting week. It started with a simple email to Tasmanian parliamentarians asking for “sex” to be properly restored and protected in the Anti-Discrimination Act. What followed was a pile-on of attacks on women advocating for sex-based rights. It began…
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How Tasmania’s Major Newspaper Frames Women’s Rights
On 20 May 2026, Tasmania’s major newspaper published an article that raises serious concerns about fair and accurate reporting on one of the most contested public issues in the state. Journalist David Killick opened his article in The Mercury with the following sentence: “Tasmania will not be changing its discrimination laws despite lobbying from anti-transgender…
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Request for Right of Reply and Opinion Piece Submission – Email to Craig Herbert
Email sent to Craig Herbert, editor of The Hobart Mercury – 20 May 2026 Dear Craig, I am writing regarding The Mercury article published on May 20 written by David Killick concerning Women Speak Tasmania and our campaign relating to Tasmania’s Anti-Discrimination Act. The article characterised Women Speak Tasmania as “anti-transgender activists” and described our…
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Opinion: Women’s Concerns About Public Facilities Are Not ‘Misinformation’
Recent discussion about all-gender toilets in Tasmania has been dismissed in some quarters as “mischievous misinformation.” But many women raising concerns about privacy, dignity and public design are not spreading misinformation at all. They are asking reasonable questions about how major public facilities are being planned, and whether women’s needs are still being properly considered.…
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Women Speak Tasmania’s Experience with Media Framing in Our Discrimination Case
At Women Speak Tasmania, we are committed to advocating for the sex-based rights, safety, and dignity of women and girls, while also emphasizing the importance of child safeguarding and parental involvement in critical matters affecting young people. Our work often intersects with complex and sensitive debates on sex and gender, and we believe these discussions…
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Formal Request for Correction and Right of Reply – Letter to Craig Herbert
Email sent to Craig Herbert, editor of The Hobart Mercury – 25 February 2026 Dear Craig, I am writing on behalf of Women Speak Tasmania regarding your article published on 2 February 2026, titled “Women Speak Tasmania claims discrimination over canned library forum.” We were concerned to see the article report on legal proceedings involving…
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Opinion: Lessons from the Harwood Case: Why Evidence, Not Ideology, Must Guide Prison Policy
The Attorney-General Guy Barnett’s recent contradictory statements in The Mercury and The Australian regarding trans inmate policy highlight the need for a broader public debate about women’s rights and the legal distinction between sex and gender. While Guy Barnett recently decided that a transgender serious child sex offender would be placed in the men’s prison,…
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Mercury Reportage about Dr Julie Sladden – Letter to Robert Inglis
Dear Robert, I read your story in The Mercury today Controversial Liberal candidate Julie Sladden should be dismissed, Labor says Did you read copy of Women Speak Tasmania’s Media Release below sent to the Mercury yesterday or did it not reach you in time for your story? You will see from our Media Release the…
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Controversial Liberal candidate Julie Sladden should be dismissed, Labor says
A Liberal candidate for the seat of Bass should have her party membership revoked, according to a Labor MLC A controversial Liberal candidate has been accused of previously campaigning against her own party, which Labor claims should be grounds for her dismissal. Julie Sladden has again been preselected to run for the Liberals in Bass,…
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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…