News & Views Tasmania’s Olivia Vinson smashes world record with 7,079 pull ups in 24 hours A 34-year old Tasmanian woman Olivia Vinson has smashed the world record of most pull ups in 24 hours – a total of 7,079 pull-ups in 24 hours.
News & Views ‘Just for ladies’: Picassos moved to female toilets at MONA in response to court ruling The curator of the MONA’s Ladies Lounge has decided to move some of its Picasso collection to a female toilet cubicle in response to ruling
News & Views MONA’s women-only lounge discriminated against a man by refusing his entry, tribunal rules The Ladies Lounge at the MONA will likely close after a tribunal hearing found the women-only space discriminated against a man who was refused entry.
News & Views Rebecca White resigns as Tasmanian Labor leader Rebecca White has resigned as the leader of the Tasmanian Labor Party, days after it failed to gain enough seats to govern.
News & Views MONA fights to keep female-only lounge open, amid legal battle Tasmania’s MONA has entered a legal battle against a male patron who said his denied entry into the Ladies Lounge constitutes discrimination.
News & Views ‘We must not look away’: Commissioners hand down report on institutional child abuse in Tasmania A commission of inquiry has released its report into the Tasmanian government’s responses to child sexual abuse in institutional settings.
News & Views The brave whistleblower who exposed horrific institutional child abuse in Tasmania In 2019, Alysha started work as a clinical care consultant at Ashley Youth Detention Centre in northern Tasmania. She quicky uncovered child abuse.
News & Views Hannah Gadsby secures multiple-title Netflix deal Hannah Gadsby is returning to our Netflix wheelhouse securing a a multiple-title deal with a stand-up special & a multiple-comic show.
News & Views Non-fatal strangulation and stealthing laws come into effect in Tasmania New family violence laws have come into effect in Tasmania, including a new stand-alone criminal offence of non-fatal strangulation.
News & Views Donna Adams has been appointed Tasmania’s first female Commissioner of Police Smashing the glass ceiling for women, Donna Adams is now the highest ranked female in Tasmanian police’s 125-year history.
News & Views Jacqui Lambie candidate Tammy Tyrrell likely to take Tasmanian Senate spot over Eric Abetz Jacqui Lambie Network candidate Tammy Tyrrell looks likely to be elected, with reports she is likely to take the state’s sixth Senate spot.
Books Kate Kruimink takes out the 2020 Vogel Award from all-female shortlist Kate M. Kruimink, a Tasmanian author and writer, has been awarded the 2020 Australian/Vogel’s Literary Award for her novel ‘A Treacherous Country’.