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Pages tagged "Children"


Want to tackle sexualisation on TikTok? Address the issue of pornography

Posted on News · January 09, 2023 9:45 PM

By Rachael Wong

The incredibly disturbing and explicit content children are being shown and encouraged to create on TikTok revealed by a Daily Telegraph investigation has a direct correlation with the proliferation of pornography in our culture.

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Aus gender clinics could face similar mass legal action to Tavistock; Katherine Deves vindicated

Posted on News · August 12, 2022 4:56 PM

We recently commended the shutting down of the problematic Tavistock children’s gender clinic in the UK after a damning review found multiple safety concerns. However, this was just the beginning. It has been revealed by The Times that the clinic “is facing mass legal action from youngsters who claim they were rushed into taking life-altering puberty blockers.”

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Every child is indeed a #Blessing and it’s time public policy reflected that

Posted on News · May 03, 2022 4:48 PM

Comments made by Prime Minister Scott Morrison during the first leaders debate of the 2022 Federal Election that he and his wife were “blessed” that their children didn’t have disabilities sparked a backlash from community representatives and federal politicians. The Prime Minister’s comments were made in response to a question from a mother of a son with autism who was concerned about cuts to NDIS funding. Mr Morrison replied:

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Australia needs to reconsider laws that restrict helpful psychological interventions for children

Posted on News · April 29, 2022 2:37 PM

Activists around the world are clearly targeting both professional bodies and legislatures as a means of lending authority to their preferred, psychology-free “affirmation only” approach to the treatment of young people with gender dysphoria. The recent decision by the UK government to exclude “gender identity” from its proposed new “conversion therapy” legislation, should prompt a reconsideration of similar legislation that has already been enacted in Australia. It becomes a matter of some urgency that we establish whether and to what extent peak bodies and politicians are responding to an activist wish list at the expense of scientifically supported and proven professional best practice.  

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Psychiatrists’ college emphasises need for ‘comprehensive assessment’ of those experiencing gender dysphoria

Posted on News · November 02, 2021 4:49 PM

The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) has released its first position statement on gender dysphoria, titled “Recognising and addressing the mental health needs of people experiencing gender dysphoria/gender incongruence”.

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Age verification on social media, but not porn?

Posted on News · October 28, 2021 1:21 PM
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UK Court of Appeal overturns decision restricting puberty blockers for under-16s

Posted on News · September 20, 2021 5:35 PM

If you haven’t heard the name Keira Bell by now, you should have.

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