The Queensland government could yet face another courtroom push against its pause on gender-affirming care for children, with the legal service behind this week’s successful ruling considering options to fight Health Minister Tim Nicholls’ new directive.

In Brisbane’s Supreme Court on Tuesday, Judge Peter Callaghan ruled in favour of the parent of a transgender teenager who had challenged the legality of the move in January by Queensland Health director-general David Rosengren for a lack of consultation.

But within hours of the ruling, late on Tuesday, Nicholls used his ministerial powers to reinstate the ban .

He defended the decision on Wednesday, saying he was not bound by the same requirements to consult and only had to consider human rights.

“[I have] done that quite thoroughly

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