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 […]
Tags: ACT, Attorney General, Canberra, expunge, gay convictions, Lynn MacLaren, Michael Mischin, quash, Simon Corbell
9 Jan 2015 /
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The ACT government is pushing to become the first state to legislate same-sex marriage after a recent report from NSW indicated that state marriage equality was not unconstitutional. The Territory Same-Sex Marriage Act will be introduced during the Legislative Assembly in the near future. The ACT Government has been at the forefront for legislating LGBT […]
Tags: ACT, Greens, Labor, marriage equality, Simon Corbell
29 Jul 2013 |
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