Category: Australia
LGBTQ+ veterans in Australia can now apply to have historical convictions for consensual homosexual activity removed from their Defence records, in a major step towards addressing decades of discrimination within the military. Australia has introduced a new process allowing current and former Australian Defence Force personnel to have historical convictions for consensual homosexual activity formally […]
The jury in the trial of former NSW Police officer Beau Lamarre-Condon has heard a Triple Zero call made from Luke Davies’ phone and evidence about messages allegedly sent from Jesse Baird’s phone after the couple died. The murder trial of former NSW Police officer Beau Lamarre-Condon has heard further evidence about the deaths of […]
LGBTQ+ Australians in the State of Victoria now have a simpler way to report hate, discrimination and harassment without having to make a formal complaint or go directly to police. Victoria’s upgraded Community Reporting Tool allows anyone to confidentially report discrimination, sexual harassment, hate speech, vilification, victimisation, human-rights concerns or change and suppression practices to […]
Tasmanian Liberal MPs will be free to vote according to their conscience on proposed legislation banning conversion practices, as debate intensifies over what the bill would — and would not — prohibit. The Tasmanian Greens’ Conversion Practices Prohibition Bill 2026 seeks to outlaw practices intended to change, suppress or eradicate a person’s sexual orientation or […]
Sydney has made LGBTQ+ history, with Councillor Olly Arkins becoming the City of Sydney’s first openly transgender Deputy Lord Mayor. Arkins was elected to the role by fellow councillors on 21 September, less than two years after first winning a seat on the City of Sydney Council in 2024. She was the only nominee for […]
A coalition of 100 Australian organisations is urging federal MPs to reject attempts to redefine “sex” in the Sex Discrimination Act, warning proposed changes could weaken protections for transgender and intersex people as well as women more broadly. The open letter brings together women’s organisations, LGBTQ+ groups, unions, disability organisations and mental-health advocates. Signatories include […]
A Sydney court has heard allegations that former NSW Police officer Beau Lamarre-Condon disguised himself as an Uber Eats rider before allegedly murdering TV presenter Jesse Baird and Baird’s boyfriend, Luke Davies. Lamarre-Condon, 31, is standing trial in the NSW Supreme Court on two counts of domestic violence-related murder and one count of aggravated break […]
The Australian Government has agreed to formally apologise to LGBTQ+ Defence personnel and veterans who were harmed by historic discrimination — but advocates say acknowledgement should also be accompanied by financial redress. The commitment was confirmed as Parliament considered military justice reforms stemming from the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide. For decades, gay, […]