Tasmania Archives - Star Observer /category/news/national-news/tasmania Setting Australia鈥檚 LGBTIA+ agenda since 1979 Tue, 19 May 2026 22:48:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 /wp-content/uploads/2023/02/starobs.png Tasmania Archives - Star Observer /category/news/national-news/tasmania 32 32 Tasmanian Premier Rejects Calls From Anti-Trans Groups To Weaken Anti-Discrimination Laws /news/national-news/jeremy-rockliff-women-speak-tasmania/241896 Tue, 19 May 2026 22:48:22 +0000 /?p=241896 Tasmanian Premier Jeremy Rockliff has ruled out changes to the state鈥檚 Anti-Discrimination Act following calls from anti-trans campaign group Women Speak Tasmania to amend protections for transgender and gender diverse ...

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LGBTQ+ Groups Warn Gender-Affirming Care at Serious Risk in Tassie Hospital Sale /news/lgbtq-groups-warn-gender-affirming-care-at-serious-risk-in-tassie-hospital-sale/241673 Tue, 28 Apr 2026 02:42:03 +0000 /?p=241673 LGBTQIA+ advocates in Tasmania are sounding the alarm over the proposed sale of Hobart Private Hospital, warning it could effectively shut down access to gender-affirming healthcare in the state. Equality ...

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Glenorchy City Council In Tasmania Unveils First LGBTIQA+ Action Plan /news/glenorchy-city-council-in-tasmania-unveils-first-lgbtiqa-action-plan/241512 Fri, 10 Apr 2026 10:28:06 +0000 /?p=241512 Glenorchy City Council in Tasmania has unanimously endorsed its first ever LGBTIQA+ Action Plan and Statement of Commitment, in a move community advocates say marks a significant step forward for ...

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Marjorie Harwood: Mother Urges Chief Magistrate To Order Coronial Inquest Into Death In Custody /news/marjorie-harwood-mother-urges-chief-magistrate-to-order-coronial-inquest-into-death-in-custody/240649 Wed, 28 Jan 2026 03:47:22 +0000 /?p=240649 The mother of transgender woman Marjorie Harwood has renewed calls for a coronial inquest into her daughter鈥檚 death, urging Tasmania鈥檚 Chief Magistrate to exercise her discretion in light of new ...

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Tasmania To Launch First Parliamentary Friends of LGBTIQA+ Tasmanians Group /news/tasmania-to-launch-first-parliamentary-friends-of-lgbtiqa-tasmanians-group/239872 Sun, 30 Nov 2025 03:48:29 +0000 /?p=239872 Tasmania is set to launch the first Parliamentary Friends of LGBTIQA+ Tasmanians group, followed by a dedicated forum on the life saving importance of affirming health care for young trans ...

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LGBTQ Groups Call On Tas Government To Recommit To Trans Prisoner Policies /news/lgbtq-groups-call-on-tas-government-to-recommit-to-trans-prisoner-policies/239683 Wed, 12 Nov 2025 06:11:02 +0000 /?p=239683 LGBTQIA+ advocates are calling on the Tasmanian Government to recommit to its existing policy allowing trans women to be housed in the state鈥檚 women鈥檚 prisons on a case-by-case basis following ...

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Tasmania Unanimously Passes Financial Redress For Historic Homosexuality Convictions /news/tasmania-unanimously-passes-financial-redress-for-historic-homosexuality-convictions/239587 Thu, 06 Nov 2025 01:10:22 +0000 /?p=239587 Tasmania has become the first state or territory in the country to provide financial compensation for victims of historical laws against homosexuality and cross-dressing. On Wednesday, the state’s Upper House ...

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Tasmania To Compensate People Convicted For Historical LGBTQIA+ Offences /news/tasmania-to-compensate-people-convicted-for-historical-lgbtqia-offences/238912 Fri, 26 Sep 2025 02:53:19 +0000 /?p=238912 Nation-leading reforms in Tasmania are providing financial compensation for victims of the state’s historical laws against homosexuality and cross-dressing, receiving unanimous support in the Lower House this week. The reforms ...

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Alleged Launceston Pride Flag Vandal Apprehended /news/alleged-launceston-pride-flag-vandal-apprehended/238873 Tue, 23 Sep 2025 07:13:28 +0000 /?p=238873 Tasmania Police have allegedly identified the person responsible for the damage to Pride flags at Brisbane Street Mall in Launceston earlier this year. Progressive pride flags hanging in the mall ...

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Tasmanian Lower House Passes Expansions To Hate Crime Laws /news/tasmanian-lower-house-passes-expansions-to-hate-crime-laws/238626 Fri, 12 Sep 2025 02:08:40 +0000 /?p=238626 The Tasmanian government is expanding its exisiting hate crime laws, allowing judges to hand down stronger penalties for prejudice and hate-motivated crimes. The nation-leading provisions were unanimously passed in the ...

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Tasmania’s North West Pride Group Has Hosted Their Final Event /news/tasmanias-north-west-pride-group-has-hosted-their-final-event/236400 Mon, 21 Apr 2025 03:25:57 +0000 /?p=236400 A Tasmanian LGBTQIA+ support group, North West Pride, has hosted their final event over the weekend as the group takes an indefinite break. Organisers announced recently that the group would ...

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Political Figures in Tasmania Sign Pledge Denouncing Anti-Trans Election Hate /news/political-figures-in-tasmania-sign-pledge-denouncing-anti-trans-election-hate/236348 Thu, 17 Apr 2025 05:47:43 +0000 /?p=236348 鈥婭n a united front against rising anti-transgender sentiment, prominent political figures in Tasmania gathered on Hobart鈥檚 Parliament Lawns today to sign a pledge denouncing anti-trans hate in the lead-up to ...

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Tasmanian Memorial For Transgender Woman Marjorie Harwood Vandalised Again /news/tasmanian-memorial-for-transgender-woman-marjorie-harwood-vandalised-again/235912 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 02:09:01 +0000 /?p=235912 A memorial dedicated to Transgender woman Marjorie Hardwood in Tasmania has been vandalised for the second time. The memorial, which displays the transgender flag, was defaced with a Nazi symbol ...

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Support for Financial Redress Up To $75k For Tasmanians with Historic Homosexuality Convictions /news/support-for-financial-redress-up-to-75k-for-tasmanians-with-historic-homosexuality-convictions/235823 Thu, 13 Mar 2025 01:51:58 +0000 /?p=235823 Tasmania鈥檚 Gender and Equality Committee has recommended that individuals with historic homosexuality convictions under the state’s former laws should receive financial redress of up to $75,000. The proposal, which has ...

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Tasmanian Councillor Condemned for Demonising Queer Eye Star /news/tasmanian-councillor-condemned-for-demonising-queer-eye-star/234906 /news/tasmanian-councillor-condemned-for-demonising-queer-eye-star/234906#comments Sat, 18 Jan 2025 07:31:38 +0000 /?p=234906 Tasmanian City Councillor for Burnie Trent Aitken has faced widespread backlash for a social media post criticising non-binary star of Queer Eye, Jonathon van Ness, for their choice of attire ...

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Tasmanian Government Champions LGBTQIA+ Inclusion in Census /news/tasmanian-government-champions-lgbtqia-inclusion-in-census/233899 Sat, 16 Nov 2024 05:38:22 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=233899 The Tasmanian Government has taken a firm stance in favour of comprehensive LGBTQIA+ inclusion in the 2026 Census, urging the Federal Government to align its efforts with Tasmania’s progressive approach. ...

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Tasmania Launches Landmark LGBTIQA+ Inclusion Action Plan /news/tasmania-doh-lgbtiqa-launches-action-plan233887/233887 Fri, 15 Nov 2024 05:32:31 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=233887 Tasmania鈥檚 Department of Health and LGBTIQA+ Reference Group launches long-awaited LGBTIQA+ Action Plan to be implemented over the next three years. The plan aims to improve inclusive healthcare for the ...

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Tasmania Commemorates 30 Years Since Human Rights Commission Anti-Gay Condemnation /news/tasmania-commemorates-30-years-since-human-rights-commission-anti-gay-condemnation/229953 Thu, 11 Apr 2024 09:24:22 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=229953 A historical panel has today been unveiled in Tasmania to mark 30 years since the United Nations Human Rights Commission condemned Tasmania’s former anti-gay laws, declaring them a breach of ...

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Labor, Greens Promise To Ban Anti-Gay Conversion Practices In Tasmania If Elected /news/national-news/labor-greens-promise-to-ban-anti-gay-conversion-practices-in-tasmania-if-elected/229179 Tue, 12 Mar 2024 12:29:37 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=229179 Labor and Greens have committed to important LGBTQI law reforms, including a ban on anti-gay conversion practices in Tasmania if elected.聽 The elections in Tasmania are scheduled to be held ...

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Commit To Banning Anti-Gay Conversion Practices, LGBT Group Tells Tasmania’s Political Parties /news/national-news/commit-to-banning-anti-gay-conversion-practices-lgbt-group-tells-tasmanias-political-parties/228700 Fri, 16 Feb 2024 03:02:10 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=228700 In the lead-up to the state elections in Tasmania, LGBTQI advocacy group Equality Tasmania said they will seek a commitment from all parties and independents to bring in a ban ...

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