Informed consent

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Status: Answered

Asked by: Senator Leah Blyth

Committee: Legal and Constitutional Affairs

Portfolio: Attorney-General's

Agency: Australian Human Rights Commission

Round: 2026-27 Budget estimates

Question No: BE26-337

Asked: 8 June 2026

Answer due: 16 July 2026

Question

1. How does the Commission define 'informed consent' for a child consenting to interventions when reversibility is unknown? 2. Can a child in their early teens meaningfully consent to potential permanent infertility, chronic pain or medical dependency when experts acknowledge they don't have the data?

Answer

Please see attached answer.

Documents

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