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NATIONAL RESULTS

Response

Should the law be changed to allow same-sex couples to marry?

Of the eligible Australians who expressed a view on this question, the majority indicated that the law should be changed to allow same-sex couples to marry, with 7,, (%) responding Yes and 4,, (%) responding No. Nearly 8 out of 10 eligible Australians (%) expressed their view.

All states and territories recorded a majority Yes response. of the Federal Electoral Divisions recorded a majority Yes response, and 17 of the Federal Electoral Divisions recorded a majority No response.

Further information on response and participation within each state and territory is accessible through the menu.

State/TerritoryYesNoTotal
no.Yes %no.No %no.%
New South Wales2,,1,,4,,
Victoria2,,1,,3,,
Queensland1,,,2,,
South Australia,,,
Western Australia,,1,,
Tasmania,,,
Northern Territory(a)48,31,80,
Australian Capital Territory(b),61,,
Australia (Total)

Marriage equality

Decriminalisation of homosexuality

From the s the socially steady South Australian Labor government wanted to repeal laws criminalising homosexuality.

However, it was not until the May murder in Adelaide of Dr George Duncan, a law lecturer and homosexual man, that premier, Don Dunstan, assessed that the community mood was receptive to reform.

Dr Duncan’s murder led to revelations of how commonplace violence and harassment against homosexual people was.

South Australia’s Criminal Commandment (Sexual Offences) Act, was enacted on 2 October It was a landmark in LGBTQIA+ rights in Australia because it fully decriminalised homosexual acts.

Equivalent commandment reform was passed by the Australian Capital Land in , Victoria in , the Northern Area in , New South Wales in , Western Australia in , Queensland in and Tasmania in



Homosexuality wasn't decriminalised in Queensland until , but the mention has a prolonged and rich gender non-conforming history

Late at darkness on the banks of the Brisbane River, two juvenile men settled on a spot between a Moreton Bay fig and a fence.

It was The teens had nowhere else to move and thought nobody could see them.

The liaison was fleeting lived. A rough light ripped away the darkness love a bed sheet. It was a policeman's torch.

"They reflection we were trying to break into the milk factory," Bill Rutkin says with a chuckle.

"When they worked out we were both gay men and probably about to commit an offence, they just gave us a pleasant thumping and told us to move and see a psychiatrist."

Now 72, Mr Rutkin shrugs off the beating as a "common occurrence" during Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen's reign as Queensland's premier.

"Violence was part and parcel," he says.

He describes how police commonly used "entrapment" methods to make arrests.

"Some attractive young constable in plain clothes would go into the toilets  and exp

Queensland First with Marriage Equality

Attorney-General and Minister for Justice Yvette D’Ath has today revealed that Australia’s first same-sex marriage was held in Queensland, in December

The marriage &#; between two Queensland women &#; was held on December 15 and allowed to proceed without the diurnal waiting period because one of the women was terminally ill with a rare cancer.

Jo’s family has since asked for their story to be made public.

“This is a love story &#; of the deep bond between Jo Grant and Jill Kindt,” Mrs D’Ath told Parliament.

“This is also an inspiring story &#; of the remarkable lengths our staff went to, to make this historic marriage happen before it was too late.

“And it’s a story of hope that reframes Queensland as a modern, trailblazing state which recognises equivalent rights and the most fundamental principle &#; that love is love.”

Mrs D’Ath told Parliament today that Jo and Jill were approved, married, and registered all in one night, after the Registrar dictated exceptional circumsta