NSW State Leader Delivers Apology to LGBT Community
Published on June 6, 2024
The last state in Australia to apologise to the LGBT community has done so. New South Wales (NSW) Labor Premier Chris Minns made the apology just after noon on what was the 40th anniversary of the decriminalisation of homosexuality in the state. The move was supported by those in the NSW Legislative Assembly including Speaker Greg Piper, Liberal Opposition Leader Mark Speakman, and Labor Attorney General Michael Daley. The state of New South Wales Crimes Act 1900 categorised homosexuality under the same banner as bestiality and it came with a maximum 14-year prison sentence. Homosexuality was eventually decriminalised under former Premier Neville Wran in 1984....