Bill To Outlaw Conversion Practices Submitted To Victorian Parliament
The Victorian government looks set to pass a strict law against conversion practices that seek to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity, with fines of up to $10,000 or 10 years imprisonment.Survivors and equal rights organisations have welcomed the proposed law as “powerful” and “better than any Bill in Australia” to date.The Change or Suppression (Conversion) Practices Prohibition Bill 2020 was introduced in Parliament on Wednesday.