Queensland abolishes 'gay panic' defence to murder

) Queensland Attorney-General Yvette D'Ath, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk and Speaker of the Parliament Peter Wellington in Brisbane.

) Queensland Attorney-General Yvette D'Ath, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk and Speaker of the Parliament Peter Wellington in Brisbane. Source: AAP

The Queensland government has abolished the so-called gay panic defence that has allowed the killing of homosexual men to be treated as manslaughter, not murder.



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