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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Andrew Messenger and Ben Smee

Queensland puberty blocker ban reinstated by health minister hours after supreme court overturned it

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Health minister Tim Nicholls says he is ‘satisfied it is appropriate and in the public interest’ to issue a new order banning the prescription of gender-affirming drugs to children not already undergoing treatment. Photograph: Laura Bargfeld/AP

The Queensland health minister has issued a new order banning the prescription of puberty blockers for transgender patients, just hours after the state’s supreme court ruled the government’s first attempt was unlawful.

On Tuesday, Justice Peter Callaghan ruled in favour of a challenge by the parent of a transgender child, judging that the January directive establishing the ban was made improperly and was unlawful.

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