All posts tagged "activism"

Anti-Protest Laws Pass LegCo

Media release – Guy Barnett, Minister for State Development, Construction and Housing, 25 August 2022 Keeping Tasmanian workers safe in their workplace...

Open Letter to MPs: Vote Down Anti-Protest Bill

Dear Tasmanian member of parliament: Re: Police Workplaces Bill (the anti-protest bill) My name is Colette Harmsen and I am a veterinarian....

Peaceful Protest Aims to Educate

“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world”, said Nelson Mandela, anti-apartheid activist and the first...

In Praise of Protest

In this article, Rodney Croome looks at two Tasmanian protest traditions, LGBTIQA+ and convict, that have been overlooked in the debate over...

Statement – Coalition Against Anti-Protest Laws

Media release – Coalition Against the Anti-Protest Laws, 23 July 2022 Collective Statement We met on 12 July 2022 and discussed our shared...

Letters to the Editor

Home Schooling I would like to write about why I have decided to home educate my children. I am a single mum...

50 Years Since Pedder Flooding

Human Rights Watch Concerned over Diminished Right to Protest in Australia

Statement – Human Rights Watch, 22 June 2022 Australia: Climate Protesters’ Rights Violated Disproportionate Punishments, Excessive Bail Conditions The authorities in the Australian state...

Tweet Summary of Anti-Protest Bill Passing LegCo

Debate on the anti-protest bill has resumed in the Legislative Council #Tasmania. The webcast is here: https://www.parliament.tas.gov.au/TBS/LCvideo.html The Leader of the Government, Leonie...

Letter to LegCo on Anti-Protest Bill

Honourable Members of the Legislative Council, I imagine that by now you have received numerous pleas to either vote for or against...