With a cost-of-living election to fight, Dutton strikes a delicate balance on the ‘trans debate’
The opposition leader doesn’t want to give oxygen to distractions that might appear divisive – and Liberal insiders believe it’s the right choiceGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWhen Peter Dutton called a rare Canberra press conference on Tuesday to respond to Donald Trump’s tariffs strike, the opposition leader may well have been expecting questions about another matter close to home.A day earlier, a clear majority of the Coalition’s 30 senators supported Pauline Hanson’s call for a parliamentary inquiry into the “human cost of experimental child gender treatments”, such as puberty blockers. Continue reading...

The opposition leader doesn’t want to give oxygen to distractions that might appear divisive – and Liberal insiders believe it’s the right choice
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When Peter Dutton called a rare Canberra press conference on Tuesday to respond to Donald Trump’s tariffs strike, the opposition leader may well have been expecting questions about another matter close to home.
A day earlier, a clear majority of the Coalition’s 30 senators supported Pauline Hanson’s call for a parliamentary inquiry into the “human cost of experimental child gender treatments”, such as puberty blockers. Continue reading...