“Women Speak Tasmania is campaigning for stronger rights and safer futures for women and girls across Tasmania. We are dedicated to protecting their safety, advancing equality, and ensuring that every woman and girl can live free from violence, discrimination, and fear.”
- Campaign Launch: Restoring Sex-Based Protections for Tasmanian Women and GirlsWomen Speak Tasmania has officially launched our campaign to restore clear, sex-based protections for women and girls in Tasmania’s Anti-Discrimination Act 1998. Currently, the Act protects “gender” and “gender identity” — but does not include a clear, standalone protection for… Read more: Campaign Launch: Restoring Sex-Based Protections for Tasmanian Women and Girls
- International Women’s Day 2026: Defending Women’s Sex-Based Rights in TasmaniaThis International Women’s Day (8 March 2026), Women Speak Tasmania focused our advocacy on a clear and urgent goal: restoring the recognition of ‘sex’ in Tasmania’s Anti-Discrimination Act 1998. Women’s equality in law has always depended on the clear recognition… Read more: International Women’s Day 2026: Defending Women’s Sex-Based Rights in Tasmania
- Tasmanians Speak: How Gender Policies and Anti-Discrimination Laws Are Harming Our CommunityWomen Speak Tasmania – Testimonial Project Launch and Delegation to the Attorney General, 15 December 2025 Throughout 2025, members of Women Speak Tasmania (WST) have been engaging in extensive community outreach. We held public meetings in Hobart on 16 June… Read more: Tasmanians Speak: How Gender Policies and Anti-Discrimination Laws Are Harming Our Community
- Statement on Safety Concerns Regarding the Planned Counter-Protest at Parliament HouseWomen Speak Tasmania (WST) is holding its Youth Gender Distress Forum on 27 November 2025, inside the Parliament House Reception Room. Our event is a lawful, registered, peaceful forum focused on healthcare, safeguarding, and evidence-based discussion. In recent days, a… Read more: Statement on Safety Concerns Regarding the Planned Counter-Protest at Parliament House
- Protest Against Libraries Tasmania: Standing Up for Women’s VoicesOn Sunday, 9 November, members of Women Speak Tasmania (WST) gathered outside the Hobart Library in Murray Street to protest Libraries Tasmania’s ongoing ban on hiring meeting rooms to our organisation. We organised the protest to coincide with the busy… Read more: Protest Against Libraries Tasmania: Standing Up for Women’s Voices
- The Women’s Pledge Australia: Who Has Signed On?Here you can find which politicians and parties have pledged their support for women’s sex-based rights in Australia, listed by state and at the national and local level. This includes those who have formally signed the Women’s Pledge Australia and… Read more: The Women’s Pledge Australia: Who Has Signed On?
- One Nation Senators Sign Women’s Pledge AustraliaWomen Speak Tasmania today joined Senators from One Nation outside Federal Parliament as they signed on to Women’s Pledge Australia, a national initiative calling on elected representatives to commit to protecting women’s sex-based rights. Dr Elizabeth Caballero from WST stood… Read more: One Nation Senators Sign Women’s Pledge Australia
- Tasmanian Politicians Back Women’s Pledge to Protect Sex-Based RightsWomen Speak Tasmania launched Women’s Pledge Australia, a state-wide initiative calling on political representatives to commit to safeguarding the sex-based rights of women and girls. The pledge has been formally sent to Tasmanian state parliamentarians, as well as to members… Read more: Tasmanian Politicians Back Women’s Pledge to Protect Sex-Based Rights
- Holding MPs Accountable: Women Speak Tasmania Visits Electorate OfficesOn 28 April, Women Speak Tasmania members took action in Hobart, visiting the electorate offices of our federal representatives ahead of the coming election. Our goal was simple: to see whether our elected officials are prepared to answer the most… Read more: Holding MPs Accountable: Women Speak Tasmania Visits Electorate Offices
- Advocating for the Repeal of the Sex Self-ID laws: Presentation of our Dossier to the Attorney-GeneralOn January 20, 2025, Women Speak Tasmania members presented a comprehensive Dossier to the Tasmanian Attorney-General, Guy Barnett, detailing the adverse impacts of Tasmania’s sex self-identification laws on women, girls, families, and LGB individuals. Key Findings of the Dossier The… Read more: Advocating for the Repeal of the Sex Self-ID laws: Presentation of our Dossier to the Attorney-General
- Women Speak Tasmania Condemns HCC Bullying of Councillor ElliotWomen Speak Tasmania members staged a series of protests in response to the continued bullying and vilification of Councillor Louise Elliott, who has been unfairly targeted simply for expressing gender-critical views. These actions draw attention to the climate of intolerance… Read more: Women Speak Tasmania Condemns HCC Bullying of Councillor Elliot
- The Media’s Campaign Against Media Freedom and Free Speech in Tasmania – Let Women SpeakThis speech, delivered by Isla MacGregor at the Let Women Speak rally on the Parliament House lawns in Hobart in March 2023, outlines her concerns about media coverage, public institutions, and gender-identity policy debates in Tasmania. She argues that journalists… Read more: The Media’s Campaign Against Media Freedom and Free Speech in Tasmania – Let Women Speak
- International Women’s Day Action in HobartOn International Women’s Day, Women Speak Tasmania members and allies gathered in Hobart to take action in support of women’s rights. We stand firmly for sex-based rights, affirming that biological sex is real, measurable, and unchangeable. Our advocacy is rooted… Read more: International Women’s Day Action in Hobart
- Salamanca Market’s Attempt to Silence Women’s VoicesOn Saturday, 9 February 2019, Women Speak Tasmania (WST) held a media conference at Salamanca, just outside the market precinct, to launch our flyer outlining the impacts of proposed transgender law reforms on women’s human rights. Following the conference, volunteers… Read more: Salamanca Market’s Attempt to Silence Women’s Voices
- Women Speak Tasmania – Women’s Rights and Transgender Law ReformPolicy Proposals on Anti-Discrimination Law and Birth Certificates Women Speak Tasmania (WST) has developed a set of policies that seek to restore clarity to the way sex and gender are treated in Tasmanian law. At the heart of these proposals… Read more: Women Speak Tasmania – Women’s Rights and Transgender Law Reform