(L to R) Queensland Attorney-General Yvette D'Ath, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk and Speaker of the Parliament Peter Wellington in Brisbane Source: AAP
The state's LGBTI* community has long campaigned for the clarification of the so-called gay panic defence that has allowed the killing of homosexual men to be treated as manslaughter, not murder.The South Australian government which still has the defence on the statute books, has indicated that it too, wants to pursue reform in this area.
The state's LGBTI* community has long campaigned for the clarification of the so-called gay panic defence that has allowed the killing of homosexual men to be treated as manslaughter, not murder.The South Australian government which still has the defence on the statute books, has indicated that it too, wants to pursue reform in this area.
