Labor MPs Admonish LNP’s Pause on Puberty Blockers as Court Deliberates Verdict

The health minister says the Queensland government’s temporary block on puberty blockers is justified.

Oxycodine pain medications sit on a table outside of Los Angeles, on June 4, 2025. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

Labor MPs have come out swinging against Queensland’s temporary ban on puberty blockers for children.

Several Labor ministers have expressed concern around the ban—the first of its kind in Australia—as the Supreme Court works to determine if the pause on puberty blockers is just.