The Australian senate has blocked an inquiry into the rise in Australian children being diagnosed with gender dysphoria and treated with puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones.
The result saw 39 senators voting against the inquiry, including all members from the centre-left Labor party and left-wing Greens, four Liberal senators including Simon Birmingham, Marise Payne, Andrew Bragg, and Dean Smith, and Independent senator David Pocock.
Meanwhile, 21 senators who voted yes were from the centre-right Liberal party, Nationals party, One Nation, United Australia Party and Country Liberal Party.
Labor senator and Public Service Minister Katy Gallagher said during the Nov. 30 debate that the Albanese government’s position on the issue is that “every child and every young person should have access to all of the necessary supports that they need to ensure they access appropriate health care, regardless of the reason for which they might be seeking that care.”…