Eighteen Coalition senators sided with Pauline Hanson, despite Peter Dutton telling them to avoid culture wars and support the government’s existing review.
The majority of Coalition senators have swung in behind One Nation Leader Pauline Hanson’s bid for a fresh parliamentary inquiry into medical treatments for transgender children, less than a week after Opposition Leader Peter Dutton cautioned his MPs to steer clear of culture wars before the federal election.
It also highlights Dutton’s challenge in clawing back socially progressive former Liberal seats, now held by teal independents, where voters have been unimpressed by political debate targeting transgender children. Coalition senators Matt Canavan, Bridget McKenzie, Michaelia Cash, Jacinta Nampijinpa Price and Alex Antic voted for Pauline Hanson’s bill on an inquiry into “experimental child gender treatments”.Australia’s peak medical research body, the National Health and Medical Research Council, to develop new national guidelines for medical treatment, including puberty blockers.
Ruston abstained from Monday afternoon’s vote, as did finance spokeswoman Jane Hume, who is a leading moderate voice in the party.But the majority of their Senate colleagues voted in favour of Hanson’s push for an additional inquiry, which would have been dictated by the One Nation leader’s terms.
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