Both Labor’s Mark Butler and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton showed how out of touch they are on Australia’s red-hot gender debate this week.

While Donald Trump gets on with getting males out of girls’ sports and de-funding the child gender clinics, our politicians can’t work out whether they are Arthur or Martha.

Butler, who is Anthony Albanese’s Health Minister, was asked about biological males playing in girls and women’s sports.

“This is not an issue in Australia,” he foolishly said.

Kirralie Smith of the women’s and girl’s rights advocacy group Binary was in court last Friday fighting an Apprehended Violence Order brought against her by a male soccer player who identifies as a woman and plays in a women’s team.

Butler is a fool.

Sadly Peter Dutton, whom conservatives hoped would be conservative, inexplicably said yesterday that any inquiry into the harm of children through LGBTIQA+ child gender bending clinics was a “conscience vote” for his MPs.

Family First’s message to Mr Dutton is that it should not be a conscience vote to read the riot act to LGBTIQA+ gender clinics injecting children with puberty blockers without parental consent.

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Whatever you think of Donald Trump, his actions in his first seven days in office to protect children from radical LGBTIQA+ gender ideology must be applauded.

An Executive Order issued last night cuts off taxpayer funding for sex change operations on children.

Family First has been highlighting this issue in Australia for years, with establishment political leaders either ignoring the harm or supporting it.

Trump’s Executive Order states:

“Across the country today, medical professionals are maiming and sterilising a growing number of impressionable children under the radical and false claim that adults can change a child’s sex through a series of irreversible medical interventions,” the order says.

“This dangerous trend will be a stain on our Nation’s history, and it must end.”

The order says children will “regret that they have been mutilated and begin to grasp the horrifying tragedy that they will never be able to conceive children of their own or nurture their children through breastfeeding.”

“Accordingly, it is the policy of the United States that it will not fund, sponsor, promote, assist, or support the so-called ‘transition’ of a child from one sex to another…and it (the government) will rigorously enforce all laws that prohibit or limit these destructive and life-altering procedures.”

Family First is fighting for laws which ban sex change operations for minors, something which is Labor policy.

Similarly, Peter Dutton said last week he will do nothing to restore to Australia’s public policy the truth that there are only two genders, leaving girls, women and children vulnerable.

Read the executive order from the White House.

Senior Coalition figures continue to double down on their commitment to radical LGBTIQA+ ideology.

The latest was Senator Dave Sharma, who on Sunday night told the Danica & James show on Sky news that the Coalition would not amend the Sex Discrimination Act to restore the biological reality of two genders in Australian Law.

In 2013 both Labor and the Coalition amended the SDA to allow biological males to identify was women and vice versa and for it to be illegal to discriminate against someone based on their new gender.

Last week Donald Trump signed an Executive Order to say the US federal government now only recognised two genders.

Sharma told Danica and James he believed in protecting girls and women’s sports but would not support amending the SDA, which means it would remain illegal to protect girls from the encroachment of males in their sport.

Sadly Peter Dutton also said last week the Coalition had no plans to restore the definition of biological gender to law, leaving mainstream Australians and women’s groups gobsmacked.

Here’s the transcript of the interview with Dave Sharma:

JAMES MACPHERSON: I've got a very tricky question for you that politicians right around our country have been struggling with all week. I want to see how you go. The official policy of the US government is now that there are only two genders, male and female. So, I wanted to ask you, as a high-profile Liberal Party Senator three questions. How many genders are there? What are they? And will that be reflected in government policy should you win the election?

SENATOR SHARMA: Well, in my view, there are two genders, male and female. And in my view, the policy on this is settled. I mean, we've got our guidelines on this in the Australian government go back to 2013 when the Sex Discrimination Act was amended. My view is if it's not broke, don't try and fix it. I think, uh, you know, I'm watching what they're doing in the US with interest, but I don't have any proposals to change how we go about this in Australia.

JAMES MACPHERSON: So the coalition won't embrace the pro women's rights movement and push back against trans ideology?

SENATOR SHARMA: I think our priorities are addressing, you know, people's cost of living, uh, you know, power bills, grocery prices, electricity prices. I mean, fundamentally we think the most important duty of our government is to keep people safe, give them an opportunity to get ahead and that's what we'll be focused on.

JAMES MACPHERSON: Just before I let you go, I've got to push back slightly because there'd be a lot of ladies watching saying, well, our priority is the safety of our daughters, fairness in girls sport. Is that not a priority for at least half the population?

SENATOR SHARMA: Oh, I think, I think those are important issues. Uh, I think, you know, making sure that, you know, women are safe, whether they're playing sport or they're in correctional facilities or, uh, anywhere else is an important consideration. And I think we always need to make sure we keep that first and foremost, that people's freedom to identify how they want to in terms of their gender does not impinge upon the rights and safety of others. Now, that's always going to be a live issue, but I don't think we need to be headlining a policy area on this when I think Australia's under so many other pressures.

Sadly Labor, the Greens and the Coalition are on a unity ticket when it comes to defending the lie about gender that is baked into the Sex Discrimination Act.

Family First’s Senate team of Katie Lush (Qld), Lyle Shelton (NSW), Bernie Finn (Vic) and Christopher Brohier (SA) is fighting for a return to commonsense on gender.

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The Family Court's recent decision to permit a teenager, pseudonymously referred to as Ash, to access cross-sex hormones exposes the dangers inherent in LGBTIQA+ gender fluid ideology.

Judge Peter Tree openly acknowledged the "real risks" posed by so-called “gender affirming” treatment, including potential infertility, irreversible physical changes, and uncertain mental health outcomes.

Yet, instead of erring on the side of caution, the court chose to allow the treatment, citing Ash's "dignity of risk."

This stark admission by the judiciary underscores an urgent question: why are Australia's elected politicians failing to protect vulnerable children from harm?

Leaving these contentious and life-altering decisions to courts demonstrates a glaring abdication of responsibility.

The Family First Party strongly believes that it is not the role of judges to navigate such complex issues without clear legislative guidance.

Policymakers must urgently step up to safeguard children and provide a framework grounded in scientific evidence and long-term welfare.

Legal academic Professor Patrick Parkinson has expressed deep concerns over the use of puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones in children, noting, "Many parents now have serious concerns about the safety and efficacy of these treatments."

He advocates for thorough psychological investigation and therapy before any medical interventions are considered.

The Family First Party echoes these sentiments and urges Australian politicians to heed the lessons of international reviews, such as the UK Cass Review, which recommended extreme caution in administering such treatments to minors and led to the closure of the UK’s Tavistock child gender clinic.

Child gender clinics abound in Australia, despite the UK and many other nations ditching LGBTIQA+ gender medicine.

Failure of Australian politicians to act will only lead to more children being subjected to unproven and potentially harmful medical procedures, with the courts admitting that "regret cases" are likely in the future.

This is a pivotal moment for Australia's leaders.

Politicians must confront the risks of gender fluid ideology and act decisively to implement laws that protect children from unnecessary and irreversible harm.

The Family First Party is fielding candidates at the up-coming federal election who will fight for the protection of children from harmful LGBTIQA+ gender fluid ideology.

In a significant move, the U.S. House of Representatives this week passed the "Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act," aiming to restrict biological males who identify as female from participating in female sports categories.

The bill’s sponsor, Rep. Greg Steube, argued for its necessity, saying, “There are young girls across this country who have worked their entire lives to achieve their dream of competing in women’s sports, only to find that dream being crushed by biological males competing against them.”

This sentiment resonates with countless Australians concerned about the fairness and safety of our own women’s sports.

In contrast, Australian sports authorities have adopted guidelines promoting the inclusion of transgender and gender-diverse athletes in elite sports, despite the obvious unfairness to girls and women.

The Family First Party firmly believes that women's sports should remain a fair arena where female athletes can compete on an equal footing.

We advocate for policies that protect the integrity of women's sports by ensuring that only biological females participate in female categories.

This stance is not about exclusion but about preserving the opportunities and rights of women and girls in sports.

As Australia approaches the upcoming elections, it's imperative to question why our politicians are not taking decisive action to safeguard women's sports.

If American lawmakers can implement measures to protect female athletes, why can't Australian leaders do the same?

Family First's candidates are committed to championing the sex-based rights of women and girls.

We pledge to advocate for policies that ensure fair competition, protect the safety of female athletes, and uphold the integrity of women's sports.

The United Kingdom has taken a bold and necessary step to protect children by indefinitely banning puberty blockers for children.

British Health Secretary Wes Streeting made it clear that these drugs pose "an unacceptable safety risk," acting on the advice of medical experts and the overwhelming evidence of harm.

Australia's politicians must now face the facts: this is a massive medical scandal, and it's time for them to do their job.

The Cass Review in the UK exposed the shaky foundations of prescribing puberty blockers to children, highlighting a lack of evidence for their safety and effectiveness.

In her review, Dr Hilary Cass stated that these drugs could irreversibly alter psychosexual and gender identity development.

The review also led to the closure of the Tavistock Clinic, a sobering reminder of the dangers of ideology-driven medicine.

Yet, in Australia, clinics like those led by Dr Michelle Telfer in Melbourne and Dr Stephen Stathis in Brisbane continue to prescribe cross-sex hormones and puberty blockers to children as young as 14.

The Victorian Health Minister has even admitted that the Melbourne clinic refers girls under 18 to private clinics to have their breasts cut off so they can attempt to be boys.

This is despite international experts pointing out that Australia's guidelines on so-called gender-affirming care lack independence and fail to screen for critical underlying issues, such as autism or body image problems.

The jig is up. To these leaders of Australia’s child gender clinics and their LGBTIQA+ political allies pushing radical gender ideology: stop destroying the lives of vulnerable children.

Puberty blockers are not the harmless pause button they are often portrayed to be.

They have been linked to reduced bone density, mood swings, fertility issues, and irreversible changes in sexual development.

As Streeting rightly stated, prescribing these drugs without rigorous safeguards is "a scandal."

The Family First Party calls on Australian politicians to act decisively. Shut down these clinics and open an independent investigation into how such harmful practices were allowed to proliferate.

The safety of children must come first. Australia's political and medical class has presided over a devastating scandal, and accountability is long overdue.

If a woke UK Labour government can prioritise the safety of children and reject the emotional blackmail of activists, so can Australia.

Weak and woke politics must no longer stand in the way of protecting our children. Family First demands action.

Shut the clinics down, investigate the scandal, and ensure this chapter in medical history is never repeated.

Action: Join the fight for protecting children from the gender whisperers, join the Family First party today.