Tag: tasmania

Naming the harm: Why Tasmania’s mental health strategy must start with male violence

When governments design mental health strategies, they often treat mental health as a system design problem: how many beds, which referral pathways, what integration models. That approach can improve access and efficiency, but it sidesteps a harder question: what is actually driving women's and girls' mental distress in the first place? AAWAA's submissions to Tasmania's … Continue reading Naming the harm: Why Tasmania’s mental health strategy must start with male violence →

Tasmania’s mental health reboot: Will women get a real say?

Across Australia, women’s and girls’ mental health is being shaped by male violence, the erosion of female‑only services, and the continued absence of robust sex‑disaggregated data. Tasmania is no exception. Tasmania’s Department of Health is developing the next mental health strategy, ‘Rethink and Beyond’, and invited submissions from stakeholders and community members. For AAWAA and … Continue reading Tasmania’s mental health reboot: Will women get a real say? →

Tasmanian prostitution law enables male violence and exploitation: the link to child sexual abuse

The government of Tasmania has claimed to prioritise women's safety and dignity, yet the continued partial criminalisation of prostitution in that state delivers neither. The Women’s Action Alliance Tasmania (WAAT) has now formally written to the Deputy Premier and Attorney-General The Hon Guy Barnett MP, urging a comprehensive review of the Sex Industry Offences Act 2005 with … Continue reading Tasmanian prostitution law enables male violence and exploitation: the link to child sexual abuse →

Tasmanian women call for review of sex self-ID laws

The Women’s Action Alliance Tasmania (WAAT) wrote to the Tasmanian Attorney-General, the Hon Guy Barnett, urging the government to take a closer look at the real-world impacts of sex self-identification laws on women and girls in the state. The letter, sent in April 2025, highlights a growing sense of unease among women’s advocates about the consequences … Continue reading Tasmanian women call for review of sex self-ID laws →