{"id":302171,"date":"2025-10-16T06:34:22","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T20:34:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=302171"},"modified":"2026-02-10T11:54:35","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T01:54:35","slug":"premier-blasts-parent-gender-policy-concerns-without-empathy-and-with-arrogance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=302171","title":{"rendered":"Premier blasts parent gender policy concerns without empathy and with arrogance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Victorian Premier <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?tag=jacinta-allan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Jacinta Allan\">Jacinta Allan<\/a> gets into an argument with journalist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theaustralian.com.au\/author\/rachel-baxendale\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Rachel Baxendale<\/a> over the government\u2019s secretive policy of allowing teachers and school staff to use \u201cmature minor\u201d consent to <strong>socially transition children when their parents are deemed unsupportive.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jacinta Allan used a feisty press conference exchange to accuse those who question her government\u2019s policy on gender distressed children of being \u2018reckless and irresponsible.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jacinta Allan&#8217;s policies are a continuing disaster for Victoria.  Not only is she denying the massive crime related behaviour in the state affecting many, she now wants to target Victoria&#8217;s children and remove parents from key decision making and support roles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video aligncenter\"><video height=\"270\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 480 \/ 270;\" width=\"480\" controls src=\"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/SL-geS-UY5fh1PKM.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Children\u2019s minds are still developing and they rely on the adults around them for safety, stability, and guidance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When governments or institutions step into that relationship and start making deeply personal decisions without parents, it crosses a line. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It replaces family trust with state influence \u2026 and that can be psychologically damaging. A child\u2019s sense of identity forms through connection, reassurance, and open conversation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If authority figures push complex ideas about self and identity before a child has the maturity to process them, it creates confusion and distress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That\u2019s not care \u2026 that\u2019s indoctrination. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Children need time, support, and the security of knowing that the adults in their lives \u2026 especially their parents \u2026are working together to protect them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No ideology or institution should come between that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a class=\"twitter-timeline\" data-width=\"640\" data-height=\"960\" data-dnt=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ausvstheagenda?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">Tweets by ausvstheagenda<\/a><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jacinta Allan&#8217;s policies are a continuing disaster for Victoria.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":243956,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[273,999,35],"tags":[8634,993,18470,8],"class_list":["post-302171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australia","category-australia-politics","category-breaking-news","tag-jacinta-allan","tag-melbourne","tag-rachel-baxendale","tag-victoria"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=302171"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302171\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":302177,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302171\/revisions\/302177"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/243956"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=302171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=302171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=302171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}