As the UK considers controversial "conversion therapy" laws pitched by rainbow activists, opposition is coming from unexpected quarters.

Will we now start to take notice of what’s going on in our politics?

During the 2017 same-sex marriage debate, we were told there would be “no consequences” for freedoms or for children. But as Tasmanian Liberal Senator Claire Chandler points out in this speech delivered in Parliament yesterday, children’s health is now being imperilled and the freedom to speak about it is being criminalised. Below is an edited extract.

“I wish it need not have happened in my time,” said Frodo.