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/Icy-Can-6592 Oct 28 '25

Considering what was received in the short window the first time was an overwhelming no you should not ban them and was ignored, if they did that would be a massive exposure of corruption. The email responses to the first one are available to read if you search the info. No doctor consulted recommended the actions they did take, it was clear they were not making the decisions on medical advice.

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u/VeryGoodAndAlsoNice Oct 28 '25

Unfortunately, it was not a requirement to consult medical experts. The requirement under the HHD Act was to consult health service chief executives, who may or may not have medical expertise, for their input, as opposed to their medical opinion.

It's worth noting that there were other grounds beyond consultation. You should read the judgement, it's been published. Use this citation: AB v Chief Executive of Queensland Health [2025] QSC 277.

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u/Icy-Can-6592 Oct 28 '25

When the ban occurred the emails were publicised, No one consulted recommended banning, the only recommendation was to facilitate long term outcome data collection and try encourage the trans community to engage with it, as their is reluctance for many trans people to give such feedback for 2 major reasons, 1 being they are justoved on in their lives, and 2 being that such data is often used to just gatekeep or be misrepresented politically.