Western Australian Premier Mark McGowan delivered a historic apology to LGBTI Western Australians back in November last year. At the time the Premier offered an apology on behalf of the government for past convictions for homosexuality, not only to those who fell foul of the laws, but those whose lives the threat of prosecution cast a […]
Australia’s leading HIV experts have condemned the governments of South Australia, Western Australia and Northern Territory over laws that force people accused of spitting at police officers to undergo mandatory HIV and blood-borne virus testing. The experts were gathered in Adelaide last week for the Australasian HIV & AIDS Conference, where delegates unanimously passed a […]
Western Australia’s Attorney General Michael Mischin has spoken about the government’s work towards remove historical convictions for gay offences. Mischin told RTRFM’s The Mag that he was preparing a proposal for cabinet to consider. The AG said he’d personally changed his stance on how the issue should be addressed. Previously Mischin had brushed off calls for the […]
Western Australia’s Attorney General has been looking into the possibility of quashing historical convictions for homosexual offences that are no longer illegal. Earlier today Opposition Leader Mark McGowan announced that a Labor government would make an apology to people who were arrested for being gay in the years prior to homosexuality being decriminalised in Western […]
WA Labor leader Mark McGowan has announced that if he wins next year’s state election he’ll introduce legislation to quash historical convictions for LGBTI people convicted of crimes that would not be illegal today. Labor said WA legislation lags behind other states when it comes to correcting past discrimination against LGBTI people. Earlier this year […]
Attorney-General Simon Corbell has announced that the ACT government is poised to quash historical gay convictions. Until 1976, consensual homosexual acts between men were illegal, and men convicted before that date still hold a criminal record. Men could previously be convicted under charges of buggery on a male person, attempted buggery and indecent assault on […]
Last week, New South Wales, Tasmania and South Australia introduced legislation that would allow married transgender people to have their genders legally recognised without requiring a divorce to do so. Due to the illegality of same sex marriages in Australia, most Australian states and territories (with the exception of the Australian Capital Territory), require transgender […]
After Victoria abolished the convictions of gay men for consensual same sex acts prior to the decriminalization of homosexuality, activists called on politicians nationwide to follow suit. In January, after the bill had been introduced, OUTinPerth asked WA’s Attorney General Michael Mischin whether Western Australia had any plans to take on similar legislation. A spokesperson […]
