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Premier Jeremy Rockliff has told Liberal MPs they can vote freely on the Greens' bill to outlaw conversion practices in Tasmania. With Labor and crossbenchers backing it, one of Australia's last holdouts could finally act.
City of Sydney councillors backed the first-term Labor councillor for the city's second-highest civic office. Arkins is putting housing, nightlife and public services at the top of her agenda.
After a Senate inquiry, the federal government has committed to a formal apology and Certificates of Honourable Service for personnel punished under decades of discriminatory defence policy. The Senate again declined financial redress.
Patrons at Kinselas, ARQ and the Colombian Hotel watched officers walk the queues and enter the venues. Sixty-five people were searched. Nobody was charged — and the last raid is still under investigation.
From April 20, all Australian blood donors face the same screening questions regardless of sexual orientation or gender. The change ends a 1980s-era restriction that kept queer men and trans people from donating even while in monogamous relationships.
The Lesbian Action Group's third attempt to secure a legal exemption allowing it to ban trans women from public events scored a procedural win in Federal Court — but the fight over what 'lesbian space' means is far from settled.
Over 30 volunteers spent 10 days sewing an 800-square-metre trans pride flag, then unfurled it in a Brisbane park to demand Queensland reinstate gender-affirming care for trans youth.
