Tag: WoLF
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The Dispute Between WoLF Tasmania and Anti-Discrimination Commissioner Robin Banks: A Historical Record
Introduction In 2016, a dispute arose between Tasmania’s Anti-Discrimination Commissioner, Robin Banks, and members of the Women’s Liberation Front (WoLF) Tasmania during consultation on proposed reforms to Tasmania’s Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act. The dispute centred on recommendations that would have removed the requirement for sex reassignment surgery before a person could legally change…
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Sex, Law, and Safeguarding: Why Tasmania Must Not Erase Women from the Births, Deaths & Marriages Act
The Women’s Liberation Front (WoLF), Southern Tasmania, has provided a detailed response to Equal Opportunity Tasmania’s (EOT) “Options Paper” proposing changes to the Births, Deaths & Marriages Registration Act 1999 (BDMR Act). Their message is simple: sex matters, and erasing it from law will undermine women’s rights, safeguarding, and service delivery across Tasmania. What’s at…
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Analysis of WoLF Submission to Equal Opportunity Tasmania Option Paper for Amendments to the BDMR Act
Overview Title: Women’s Liberation Front (WoLF), Southern Tasmania – Comment on Options Paper: Legal recognition of sex and gender diversity in Tasmania—Options for amendments to the Births, Deaths & Marriages Registration Act 1999 (Equal Opportunity Tasmania). What it is: A formal submission responding to Equal Opportunity Tasmania’s (EOT) “Options Paper” proposing changes to the Births,…
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Whistleblowers Tasmania Backs Call for Parliamentary Inquiry …
Whistleblowers Tasmania has backed the call by Tessa Anne from the Women’s Liberation Front for a Parliamentary Inquiry into the conduct of the Anti-Discrimination Commissioner Robin Banks and Equal Opportunity Tasmania Policy Advisor Leica Wagner. The allegations made by Tessa Anne and reported in The Australian on Saturday 1st October are significant and need to…