# One Nation senator says parents supporting trans children are committing ‘child abuse’

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- The Guardian, 2026-08-15 20:00 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/aug/16/one-nation-tyron-whitten-comments-parents-trans-children-abuse-ntwnfb

> Australian One Nation senator Tyron Whitten said parents who support children identifying as transgender are engaging in “child abuse”, telling a YouTube programme: “there’s male, there’s female, and then there’s mental illness”. Guardian Australia also uncovered incendiary remarks about transgender Australians by Pauline Hanson and Malcolm Roberts.