Penny Allman-Payne (Queensland, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

This is not about supporting trans kids and their families. It's a dog whistle to the far right—those same people who stood on the steps of the Victorian parliament on Saturday. When we shadowbox the strawmen of the far right—for decades it has been about the Islamic and LGBTQIA communities, but today it's trans kids—we're not talking about an abstract, far-off concept; we're talking about real kids and real families in our community. In doing this we give air to a far-right movement that seeks to torment a marginalised community in Australia by turning their lives into political fodder.

We're talking about the vilification of trans kids and their families—