"Guardian Australia exclusively revealed that Rosengren consulted with the executives for less than half an hour in a Microsoft Teams meeting, at the same time as the health minister, Tim Nicholls, held a press conference announcing the review and ban, at 10am on 28 January."
"In a statement to parliament on Tuesday evening, Nicholls said the decision had focused on the process for making the directive and not whether it was appropriate. Nicholls said the government had been prepared for an adverse finding and that he had had an opportunity to give the matter further consideration. I am satisfied it is appropriate and in the public interest that I issue a written ministerial direction."
"The directive would apply in the same terms as the January decision banning the new prescription of gender-affirming treatments to children and adolescents. Young people who were already undergoing treatment prior to the first ban were not affected. Nicholls said the ban would remain in place until the government had considered the findings of an ongoing review."
Queensland’s health minister issued a written directive banning the prescription of puberty blockers and other gender-affirming treatments for new patients under 18, replicating a January ban. The supreme court found the January directive unlawful because the health director general, David Rosengren, failed to properly consult hospital and health service executives as required by law. Rosengren consulted executives for less than half an hour in a Microsoft Teams meeting while the health minister announced the review and ban. The directive exempts young people already undergoing treatment and will remain until the government considers the findings of an ongoing independent review.
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