Pauline Hanson (Queensland, Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party) Share this | Hansard source

I move:

That the following matter be referred to the Community Affairs References Committee for inquiry and report by the first sitting day in March 2023:

The use of puberty blockers in Australia, with particular reference to:

(a) the causes of the increase in rapid onset of gender dysphoria in children, including friendship groups, peer contagion, gender clinic staff and social media;

(b) the experiences of parents of young people who have been prescribed puberty blockers, including their experience with the medical system;

(c) the experiences of young people who have been prescribed puberty blockers, including their experience with the medical system;

(d) the medical oversight of general practitioners prescribing puberty blockers;

(e) the results of longitudinal studies of young people prescribed puberty blockers;

(f) whether the decision of the England and Wales High Court in Bell v Tavistock [2020] EWHC 3274, which held that it was highly unlikely that a child under the age of 16 could give consent to being prescribed puberty blockers, should apply in Australia;

(g) whether puberty blockers are reversible as claimed;

(h) whether affirming gender dysphoria as a primary condition is always helpful in the absence of investigating prior trauma, mental illness and other conditions; and

(i) any other related matters.