Category: Australia
Tasmania has moved a step closer to outlawing conversion practices, with the Greens’ Conversion Practices Prohibition Bill 2026 passing the state’s lower house with cross-party support. Advocates are calling it a “landmark day” for survivors and LGBTQ+ communities. A Late-Night Win In The House Of Assembly The bill passed its third reading in the House […]
Western Australia has introduced a sweeping overhaul of its equal-opportunity laws that would stop religious schools from sacking teachers or expelling students because of their sexuality, while also creating new protections against vilification. Western Australia is moving to close some of the biggest gaps in its anti-discrimination laws, with the Cook Labor Government introducing legislation […]
More than 50 Tasmanian doctors and other health practitioners have backed a proposed ban on LGBTQ+ conversion practices, telling MPs the practices are harmful, ineffective and incompatible with contemporary healthcare. More than 50 Tasmanian health professionals have signed a statement urging state MPs to support the Conversion Practices Prohibition Bill 2026 ahead of expected parliamentary […]
Independent MP Allegra Spender has introduced a federal bill aimed at stopping religious schools from discriminating against LGBTQ+ students and staff — but while Equality Australia is backing the proposal, Just.Equal Australia says it does not go far enough. A new attempt to close long-standing exemptions allowing discrimination in Australian religious schools has divided LGBTQ+ […]
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 […]