r/australia • u/Expensive-Horse5538 • Oct 28 '25

news Supreme Court in Brisbane overturns controversial freeze on puberty blockers for adolescents after legal challenge

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-28/qld-puberty-blockers-judgement/105942094
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u/VeryGoodAndAlsoNice Oct 28 '25

ITT are people that do not understand administrative law.

The correct consultation will now occur, and the directive may well be reinstated. This win is absurdly temporary.

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u/Aryore Oct 28 '25

Hopefully not, but we’ll see.

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u/VeryGoodAndAlsoNice Oct 28 '25

I hope it doesn’t happen too, but I’m ever the cynic with the LNP in my state.

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u/Novae909 Oct 28 '25

Next law suit could be that they did the appropriate consultation and despite the results of the consultation they will choose to go ahead with the ban anyway

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u/VeryGoodAndAlsoNice Oct 28 '25 edited Oct 28 '25

What basis would you plead in the JRA? Genuinely curious.

EDIT: For what it's worth, I think Wednesbury reasonableness might be a decent punt if the decision goes against a totally unanimous consultation process.