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2025
Northern Territory public hospitals will stop puberty blockers and hormones for under-18s.
What the law allows
Medical care for minorsRestricted
Public-system only. Edgington 21 Dec 2025. Cease public health access to puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones under 18. Not a federal ban.
Territory Stories — Edgington media release (21 December 2025)
Key dates2025
2025: Public-system only. Edgington 21 Dec 2025. Cease public health access to puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones under 18. Not a federal ban.
Territory Stories — Edgington media release (21 December 2025)
Official sources
Australia — public-system only.
Full official record
On 21 December 2025 Health Minister Steve Edgington issued an NT Government media release. The lead sentence is: “The Northern Territory Government will cease public health access to puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones for children under the age of 18.” The durable official copy is the Library & Archives NT / Territory Stories legal deposit (https://hdl.handle.net/10070/1023410; PDF https://hdl.handle.net/10070/1023403). This is a public-system restriction, like Queensland’s QH-MD-002. Prefer this media release over later nt.gov.au youth-page body text that may be outdated.
The Northern Territory is listed on the Australia page, with Queensland. The 21 December 2025 Edgington release is the official source used here.