Tag: Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA)
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Tasmania Must Act Now on Puberty Blockers: A Call to Health Minister Bridget Archer and Attorney-General Guy Barnett
As the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) reveals Australia’s blind spots on puberty blockers for gender-distressed minors, Women Speak Tasmania is renewing our urgent call for action. Our February 26 media release demands that Tasmania’s Health Minister Bridget Archer and Attorney-General Guy Barnett immediately review the clinical, regulatory, and legal frameworks governing these off-label treatments. With…
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Tasmania Health Minister and Attorney-General Must Act on the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) Drug Alert
Women Speak Tasmania is calling on Tasmania’s Health Minister and Attorney-General to urgently review the clinical, regulatory, and legal framework surrounding the prescription of puberty-blocking drugs to minors, following the Therapeutic Goods Administration’s recent report into their off-label use in Australia. A report in The Australian on 23 February 2026 detailing the Therapeutic Goods Administration…
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Flying blind on puberty blockers
Australia’s medicine safety officials have warned the federal government they are flying blind on the use of puberty blocker drugs for gender-distressed minors. The country’s first safety assessment of this drug use — revealed in documents obtained under Freedom of Information laws — followed news of the 2024 UK decision to impose an indefinite ban…