The ACT’s Health Minister has accused One Nation of playing politics after Pauline Hanson’s motion for a federal parliamentary inquiry into transgender medical treatments was defeated in the Senate. Despite gaining support from most coalition senators, the motion failed to pass. The government argues that the issue is already being reviewed by the National Medical Health and Research Council. Health Minister Rachel Stephen-Smith criticized Hanson’s stance as misleading, further fueling the political debate around gender-affirming care in Australia.