Tasmanian Liberal Party members have voted in favour of repealing the state's landmark transgender recognition reforms.
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State Parliament last year passed legislation to make gender optional on birth certificates and remove a requirement for a person to have invasive surgery for their gender to be formally recognised.
Conference delegate Andrea McLean said empathy for people who identified as transgender did not make good policy, especially if it elevated the needs of a minority over a majority.
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"We're asking that the legislation be repealed and a better pathway formed, one that does not have unintended consequences such as jeopardising women-only safe spaces," she said.
House of Assembly Speaker Sue Hickey spoke against the motion.
She said the legislation was thoroughly scrutinised by both houses of Parliament and was misrepresented and misunderstood in the community.
The motion to repeal the legislation was backed by a majority of delegates.
A motion to ban children under 12 from attending protest marches was debated, but failed to get support.
The motion was moved on the basis that young people could be placed in physical danger if they attended a protest and were often too immature to thoroughly understand certain issues.
Conference delegate Michael Jackson spoke against the motion, saying it did not conform with the party's views on individuality.
City of Hobart councillor Simon Behrakis moved a motion to abolish or reform the Local Government Code of Conduct.
He said councillors were held to a standard that was not expected of other elected officials.
Mr Behrakis said the code went against freedom of speech and was weaponised to shut down views that a complainant did not agree with.
The motion was amended to have the code reformed, not abolished, and was supported by a majority.
A motion to urge the Therapeutic Goods Administration to reconsider the ban on the prescription of hydroxychloroquine for the treatment and prevention of COVID-19 failed to get support.
Government minister Richard Colbeck spoke against the motion and expressed the view that the matter should not be dealt with by the state council.
The conference supported a motion for mandatory dyslexia screening and other learning disorders was supported.
Conference delegate Melanie McGarry said she struggled with the basics of reading and writing before she was diagnosed as dyslexic.
After a test revealed the problem, she said she received tailored education which supported her talents and improved her weaknesses. Ms McGarry said the Wechsler test was costly, however, and could be out of reach for many Tasmanian families.
Conference delegates supported a motion for the use of community service orders to be increased and imposed on people who had unpaid fines owing to the state's Justice Department.
Steve Miller, from the party's George Town-East Tamar branch, said more than 5000 people owed the state $11 million in unpaid fines.
He said there should be travel restrictions placed on each debtor and long-term mandatory repayment plans put in place.
James Walker from the Lindesfarne branch won support on a motion for an academic selective or partially-selective high school to be established in Tasmania's public education system.
He said such a school would give students with significant academic abilities the chance to excel.
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