Is it not odd that gender clinics appear unaware of the High Court's ruling that medical practitioners must inform recipients of puberty blockers' many deleterious side effects. Given the growing number of de-transitioners and the ongoing denial of cross-sex hormones' harm to developing brains, a lawyers' bonanza is inevitable

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'Things changed that night. I slept through the warning sirens and woke with the first explosions. First there was a crash followed by silence, then a second that lit the night sky. In the morning we learned eleven Russian missiles had been targeted at Lviv and three had penetrated the air defences, landing on residential apartments. People were still being excavated from the rubble'

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In Australia, recognising the trouble an immature brain can inflict on its holder, the legal age for consensual sex is at least sixteen; for driving, sixteen; for joining the army, seventeen; and for drinking alcohol and for gambling, eighteen. In contrast, in guidelines from the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne, there is no age limit for so-called 'affirmation therapy' involving puberty blockers, mastectomies, chemical castration and worse

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The Commission for Life, Family and Public Engagement of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference has just released the document Created and Loved: A Guide for Catholic Schools on Identity and Gender based on the “universal truth that we are each called by a loving Creator who has formed us and claims us by name” and […]

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Sometimes behavioural challenges appear insurmountable and, given populist belief in the therapeutic benefits of cannabis, it is not surprising drug companies are rallying to the cause. But will it help children on the autism spectrum, a current focus of advocacy and research, and at what cost?

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Given the capacity of the brain to both heal and grow, known as 'plasticity', even intense challenges such as a natural disaster or by a death in the family may be 'tolerated' by children without lasting damage. But sometimes intensity and duration may intersect, with sustained toxic effect. This what we are seeing in far too many young Australians

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While society recognises adolescents should be denied access to alcohol, tattoos, driving cars and military service, Melbourne's Royal Children’s Hospital gender clinic insists children have access to what are described as 'reversible' puberty blockers. This is untrue and well known as such, yet 'Australian Story' preferred myth to a wealth of medical evidence

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The Medical Board of Victoria chose not to suspend a doctor charged with slavery offences and imposed a mere three-month suspension on another charged with raping a colleague. Compare and contrast those rulings with the lot of Dr Jereth Kok, who has had his livelihood stripped for the 'crime' of posting conservative views on social media

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We can’t say we were not warned: since 2017 Labor representatives have been announcing their intention to ban, if not criminalise, so-called “conversion therapy”. Back in 2017, the Victorian Health Minister, now Attorney-General, Jill Hennessy declared their new Health Complaints Act would “provide the means to deal with those who profit from the abhorrent practice […]

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A recent Family Court decision will prove as influential as it is to be regretted. As a consequence of the bitter family dispute over a natal boy's oestrogen treatments only the bravest parents and medical practitioners will be game to  pursue alternative, psychotherapeutic options for their gender-confused offspring

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