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Legal body responds to Victorian bill banning LGBTI conversion therapy By Emma Ryan|08 February 2021 Australian Lawyers for Human Rights (ALHR) has had its say on a bill banning conversation therapy being passed in Victoria’s upper house last week. On Thursday, 4 February 2021, The Change or Suppression (Conversion) Practises Prohibition Bill 2020, was passed by Victorian members of Parliament – 27 votes to nine. The passing of the bill makes it illegal to attend to change or suppress a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity in the state. The passing of the bill will also see changes introduced to the Family Violence Protection Act, making conversion therapy a form of domestic violence. ....
Traditional Owners of Gariwerd-Grampians range in regional Victoria have been left in the lurch since a group of white supremacists returned to their communities without repercussions, according to one prominant community spokesperson. Gariwerd, located about 230km north-west of Melbourne, is described as central to the Dreaming story for surrounding clans, particularly to Djab Wurrung and Jardwadjali people. It made headlines last week as images emerged of 38 neo-Nazi s gathered at the National Park, posing in front of a burning cross and displaying Nazi salutes. Werkgaia Elder, Gary Murray, described the acts as desecration and likened the site s significance to the neo-Nazies as having demonstrated on a cemetery. ....
Here is what we know about Victoria s gay conversion bill WedWednesday 3 updated WedWednesday 3 Gay conversion therapy described as being akin to torture. ( Print text only Cancel A bill banning LGBTIQ+ conversion practices looks set to pass the Victorian Upper House today despite concerns from the Opposition, religious leaders, and health professionals who believe the law may have unintended consequences . Attorney-General Jaclyn Symes said the legislation reflected the overwhelming view of Victorians and came about because the Government listened to survivors of conversion therapy . We ve heard them, we ve believed them, and we ve got scientific and medical evidence to back up that these practices are incredibly harmful and don t work, she told ABC Radio Melbourne. ....
Gay conversion therapy banned in Victoria after marathon debate 4.34pm Normal text size Advertisement Gay conversion therapy has been outlawed in Victoria following a marathon debate in the upper house on Thursday. The bill passed the Victorian Parliament 27 votes to nine after a 12-hour sitting in the Legislative Council, where Liberal MPs Bev McArthur and Bernie Finn defied their party’s position and crossed the floor to vote against the government’s legislation. Crossbench MPs Jeff Bourman, Clifford Hayes, Stuart Grimley, Tania Maxwell, David Limbrick, Tim Quilty and Catherine Cumming also voted against the bill. Under the reforms, anyone found trying to suppress or change another person’s sexuality or gender identity faces up to 10 years’ jail or fines of almost $10,000 if it can be proved beyond reasonable doubt that their actions caused serious injury. ....
Normal text size Very large text size Anew law banning gay conversion practices is being debated today in Victoria’s Parliament. Advocates have described it as “world-leading” while critics have slammed it as the “biggest attack” on religious freedom in years. The proposed law, which is expected to pass the upper house after it was passed through the lower house in December, is the latest in a series of contentious progressive social reforms introduced under the Andrews government – including on assisted dying, safe access zones around abortion clinics, and transgender birth certificates – that have drawn the ire of religious groups. ....