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One Nation senator says parents who support their trans children are engaging in ‘child abuse’

The Guardian Australia - Australian Politics · 16 August 2026 at 6:00 am

One Nation senator says parents who support their trans children are engaging in ‘child abuse’

‘There’s male, there’s female, and then there’s mental illness,’ Tyron Whitten says on YouTube show Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast One Nation senator Tyron Whitten has claimed parents supporting their children who identify as transgender are engaging in “child abuse”, telling a fringe YouTube show: “there’s male, there’s female, and then there’s mental illness”.

Guardian Australia has unearthed several incendiary comments from Whitten and fellow One Nation senators Pauline Hanson and her longtime lieutenant Malcolm Roberts, about transgender Australians.

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One Nation senator says parents who support their trans children are engaging in ‘child abuse’

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