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Health service providers were given 21 minutes to consider a directive that would ban gender-affirming treatments for young Queenslanders, a court has heard, but were not told until the meeting that it would count as “consultation”. Detailed accounts of the meeting with senior health administrators were aired in Brisbane’s Supreme Court on Wednesday as the chief executive of Queensland Health, Dr David Rosengren, defended a case brought by the parent of a trans child, who cannot be named for legal reasons. The family claim the government acted unlawfully and failed to follow proper procedures, arguing that the director-general acted at the request of cabinet and did not sufficiently consult before enforcing the ban. Stakeholders involved in treating young trans patients at public health facilities in Queensland were given a day’s notice to attend a Microsoft Teams meeting at 10am on January 28. Documents tabled in parliament later revealed the meeting only lasted 21 minutes.
