Marise Payne (NSW, Liberal Party, Minister for Defence) Share this | Hansard source

As I said in my previous remarks, gender dysphoria, and the condition that is gender dysphoria, is managed in accordance with current best practice and clinical guidelines under the same principles as any other health condition. If a member is diagnosed by a medical practitioner and treated for gender dysphoria, then Defence will fund the medical procedures or support, as prescribed by the treating doctor. This is not a case of treatment by cosmetic or elective procedures and surgeries; this is as diagnosed and as treated by a medical practitioner for medical procedures that are required to treat the condition of gender dysphoria. I think it's very important to acknowledge the complexity that attaches to these particular conditions. They are treated seriously by Defence, they are dealt with seriously by Defence, and they are dealt with according to best practice clinical guidelines, as directed by medical practitioners.