My Dear Fellow Australians
Every now and then we come across individuals who stand up and stand out. At Voting Matters we are particularly interested in those who share our focus on truth, reason and reality.
This month we will hear from people who have been featured in mainstream media because they did the right thing, got attacked for it, and instead of crumbling under the pressure, they fought back. They're our kind of people.
Dr Jillian Spencer, a Qld Health psychiatrist, is a prime example. She is a brave defender of the human rights of a cohort of her patients, gender dysphoric children. Commonly referred to as "transgender" children, these vulnerable youngsters are rushed into and through a gender transition process by the health system.
Jillian, as a dedicated child and adolescent psychiatrist, raised genuine concerns about the impacts of the process on the patients. Qld Health responded by suspending her and she is still struggling to save her professional career.
Read about the consequences of her brave stance in this article.
"The jawdropping reason why top child psychiatrist Dr Jillian Spencer could lose her medical licence"
Jillian will explain why she felt compelled to speak out; not only for her patients but for their families who get caught up in the maelstrom of this political ideology. By the meeting date we will also hear updates on her dealings with AHPRA.
Dr Spencer is not alone in questioning this highly contentious issue. Others are speaking out all over the world. Please take 6 minutes out of your busy day to learn about the realities of the ridiculous and reckless basis for pushing the transgender political ideology. It is essentially institutionalized child abuse.
This article from "The Australian" will open your eyes about the world we live in. It's alarming. . PLEASE read it thoroughly and take note of the efforts to sweep it under the carpet.
Australian psychologists treating gender distress may be working from a flawed evidence base
Also speaking on this issue will be Drew Hutton a founder of the Qld branch and co-founder of the Australian Greens Party. In recent years Drew and the Greens have had a major disagreement. Drew explains:
"In November 2022, the Queensland Greens notified me that a complaint had been made about my posts. On 14 July 2023 I was suspended indefinitely until I deleted various comments by other people and a post said to be critical of the Greens.
Over the next two years I complained on several occasions about my suspension. In response, in June this year (2025), the Greens changed my indefinite suspension to expulsion."
In an interview with ABC's 7.30 Report at the time, Drew claimed the party refused to allow frank debate on its transgender policy, which stated people had "the right to their self-identified gender".
"What I disagree with vehemently is the way that anybody who actually voices any dissent with that policy and does so from a credible position, that there is such a thing as biological sex and there are two sexes, is forced out of the party," Mr Hutton said.
Drew appealed his expulsion but the Greens State Council refused it. He believed that "the Greens denied me both procedural fairness and natural justice". Undaunted, he took the matter to the Supreme Court and won the case.
This background relates to our topic this month because Drew is not only higlly influential in politics but he is also a strong supporter of Dr Jillian Spencer's struggle for justice. In fact, the ABC stated last year that.Mr Hutton accused the Greens of being run by a "cult" intently focused on identity politics and showing a "disdain" for free speech..
We look forward to hearing his sensible views.
DATE: Tuesday 28th April 2026
TIME: 6:30 PM for 7:00 PM
VENUE: Tingalpa Hotel, 1563 Wynnum Rd, Tingalpa (click for Google maps navigation)
FREE ENTRY but a gold coin donation would be appreciated to help us with expenses. Parking is available on-site and in the adjoining Kianawah Park.
