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  <name>Legislative Council</name>
  <date date="2025-06-18T11:00:00+09:30" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1)</sessionName>
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  <parliamentName>Parliament of South Australia</parliamentName>
  <house>Legislative Council</house>
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    <name>Answers to Questions</name>
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      <name>Puberty Blockers</name>
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          <heading>Puberty Blockers</heading>
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        <name>The Hon. S.L. GAME</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <question date="2025-06-18T01:30:00+09:30">
            <name>Puberty Blockers</name>
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            <timeStamp time="2025-06-19T00:00:00+09:30" />In reply to <by role="member" id="6929" referenceid="53ca1cd2e19847a59766892bec169fa3" uid="f21a25cd1fc147f693eb0e081fccaa54">the Hon. S.L. GAME </by>().5 March 2025).  </inserted>
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      <talker role="member" id="4697" referenceid="c1607c57d2294390bdc2b07c15f35010" uid="3249edf8b9fd419da47b1ed99f3c7bfe" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. K.J. MAHER</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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            <name>Minister for Aboriginal Affairs</name>
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            <name>Attorney-General</name>
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            <name>Minister for Industrial Relations and Public Sector</name>
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            <name>Special Minister of State</name>
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          <question date="2025-06-18T01:30:00+09:30">
            <name>Puberty Blockers</name>
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            <by role="member" id="4697" referenceid="c1607c57d2294390bdc2b07c15f35010" uid="3249edf8b9fd419da47b1ed99f3c7bfe">The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Attorney-General, Minister for Industrial Relations and Public Sector, Special Minister of State):</by>  The Minister for Health and Wellbeing has advised:</inserted>
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          <inserted>The state government supports the announcement of the federal Minister for Health and Ageing that the national medical experts, the National Health and Medical Research Council, will undertake a review of the Australian Standards of Care and Treatment Guidelines for Trans and Gender Diverse Children and Adolescents. </inserted>
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          <inserted>Care for youth with gender dysphoria is provided by a multidisciplinary team in a tertiary care level setting in accordance with evidence-based guidelines.</inserted>
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