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In a surprising admission, the Office of Hon Matt Doocey, Minister of Mental Health, has revealed that no official advice was sought on the CASS report.
Under the Official Information Act, Family First asked Matt Doocey:
“𝐶𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑑𝑜𝑐𝑢𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛, 𝑎𝑑𝑣𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐼𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑅𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑒𝑤 𝑜𝑓 𝐺𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝐼𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑆𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑖𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝐶ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑑𝑟𝑒𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑌𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑔 𝑃𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒 (𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐶𝑎𝑠𝑠 𝑅𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑒𝑤) 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝑁𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝐻𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑡ℎ 𝑆𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑖𝑐𝑒𝑠 (𝑁𝐻𝑆) 𝐸𝑛𝑔𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑑. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑝𝑢𝑏𝑙𝑖𝑠ℎ𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑛 𝐴𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑙 2024.”
The response was:
“𝐴𝑙𝑙 𝑑𝑜𝑐𝑢𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑤𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑓𝑖𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝑠𝑐𝑜𝑝𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑟𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒖𝒃𝒍𝒊𝒄 𝒂𝒏𝒅/ 𝒐𝒓 𝒐𝒓𝒈𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒔𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔.”
This report, led by Dr. Hilary Cass, highlights the lack of evidence on long-term outcomes of gender interventions in children and recommends mental health therapy over medical interventions.