The Queensland government released private information about the mother of a transgender teenager – information she says potentially “outed” her child – to a stranger.

The revelation came as the state government was accused of “intimidation” and “an invasion of privacy” after demanding confidential medical information from parents of transgender children who are considering a further legal challenge to its controversial ban on puberty blockers.

Last month, the Queensland health minister, Tim Nicholls, issued a new order banning the prescription of puberty blockers for transgender patients , just hours after the state’s supreme court ruled the government’s first attempt was unlawful. Woman who overturned Queensland’s puberty blocker ban ‘not backing away from the fight’ after LNP

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