Tasmanian Voices

Tasmanian Voices is a series of columns offering opinions and perspectives on a range of themes. The themes are many, but they all have one thing in common – Tasmania. The voices are many, but Tasmanian Voices is the beating heart of this website.

Tasmanian Voices

Intersectionality: a new term explaining an old problem

by Deborah Thomson

07 Jun 2025

Intersectionality in relation to domestic and family violence is a study of how different categories of identity overlap and interact to create unique experiences of discrimination and its opposite, privilege ...

The Patch

Return December

by Peter Grant

02 May 2025

Among Elvis Presley’s many gifts, the articulation of lyrics wasn’t foremost ...

Tasmanian Voices

The system is failing on coercive control

by Deborah Thomson

28 Apr 2025

What is coercive control and how does a narcissist use this to their own advantage? ...

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Explaining coercive control

by Deborah Thomson

26 Apr 2025

Coercive control is a criminal offence and can be reported to the police ...

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A very different assembly

by Erin Coull

02 Mar 2025

Youth Parliament changed my life, because I left that week-long nerd camp knowing my ideas can stand alongside anyone else’s ...

Poet's Corner

The Pear Tree

by Liz McQuilkin

01 Mar 2025

I see your ripening fruit half-hidden in the foliage ...

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DARVO: When the victim is accused of being the perpetrator

by Deborah Thomson

01 Mar 2025

The misidentifying the victim for a perpetrator, particularly in police callouts to domestic violence incidents, has been discussed in the national media recently. Incidents of this have been seen in Tasmania as well as the mainland ...