Reports of distraught parents facing prosecution under Victorian law for failing to agree to potentially harmful treatments for their children including chest-binding, hormone blockers and sex-change surgery should sound alarm bells for Tasmanian parents. The Tasmanian government is currently considering recommendations from the Tasmanian Law Reform Institute for similar ‘conversion therapy’ legislation.

With 1000 families expected to join the medical negligence lawsuit against the recently shut-down UK Tavistock Gender Clinic, there are renewed calls for Tasmanian MPs to reject any so-called conversion therapy legislation that would mandate the now discredited affirmation therapy model of treating gender dysphoric children.

Reports that the Albanese government will back moves to hand responsibility to midwives to distribute abortion drugs have been relished by Greens senator, Larissa Waters. She has called for Australian safety standards on the restrictions regarding the use of RU486 to be lifted from 9 weeks to 12 weeks against medical best practice advice.

Following parents, patients and whistleblowers going public on the practice of experimental, non reversible, and damaging treatments for gender dysphoric children such as puberty blockers, cross sex hormones and body altering surgery, the UK National Health Service have shut down the 102 year old Tavistock clinic, until recently thought to be UK’s premier psychiatric clinic.

The Australian Christian Lobby has today endorsed Prime Minster Anthony Albanese’s comments amidst the Manly Sea Eagles’ pride jersey saga, when he said, “It's important in Australian society that we respect everyone for who they are”.

Aspects of the Queensland Department of Education and Training’s internal guidance document for staff regarding support for gender diverse children fail to pass the ‘Pub Test.’

Abortion is high on the list for discussion when Australia’s Federal and State Women’s Ministers meet this week in Adelaide.

Data from the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Census has begun to be rolled out and the results on religion have garnered a lot of attention.

The US Supreme Court decision to overturn the landmark 1973 “Roe v Wade” decision that enshrined a right to abortion is the culmination of decades of peaceful but persistent advocacy by pro-life advocates.

The Queensland Government’s decision to remove gender from the Industrial Relations Act is an insult to women.