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14 May 2014 - GLRL welcomes end of Homosexual Advance Defence The NSW Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby (GLRL) today welcomed the passage of the Crimes Amendment (Provocation) Bill 2014 through the NSW Parliament, which signals the end of the most homophobic legal defence on the statute books in NSW. The Bill effectively removes the legal foundation for the use of the Homosexual Advance Defence, a common-law creation of the partial defence of provocation, in cases involving a non-violent sexual advance. Click to download a full copy of the media release.
14 May 2014 - GLRL welcomes end of Homosexual Advance Defence The NSW Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby (GLRL) today welcomed the passage of the Crimes Amendment (Provocation) Bill 2014 through the NSW Parliament, which signals the end of the most homophobic legal defence on the statute books in NSW. The Bill effectively removes the legal foundation for the use of the Homosexual Advance Defence, a common-law creation of the partial defence of provocation, in cases involving a non-violent sexual advance. Click to download a full copy of the media release.
14 May 2014 - GLRL welcomes end of Homosexual Advance Defence
The NSW Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby (GLRL) today welcomed the passage of the Crimes Amendment (Provocation) Bill 2014 through the NSW Parliament, which signals the end of the most homophobic legal defence on the statute books in NSW. The Bill effectively removes the legal foundation for the use of the Homosexual Advance Defence, a common-law creation of the partial defence of provocation, in cases involving a non-violent sexual advance. Click to download a full copy of the media release.
14 May 2014 - GLRL welcomes end of Homosexual Advance Defence The NSW Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby (GLRL) today welcomed the passage of the Crimes Amendment (Provocation) Bill 2014 through the NSW Parliament, which signals the end of the most homophobic legal defence on the statute books in NSW. The Bill effectively removes the legal foundation for the use of the Homosexual Advance Defence, a common-law creation of the partial defence of provocation, in cases involving a non-violent sexual advance. Click to download a full copy of the media release.
14 May 2014 - GLRL welcomes end of Homosexual Advance Defence
The NSW Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby (GLRL) today welcomed the passage of the Crimes Amendment (Provocation) Bill 2014 through the NSW Parliament, which signals the end of the most homophobic legal defence on the statute books in NSW. The Bill effectively removes the legal foundation for the use of the Homosexual Advance Defence, a common-law creation of the partial defence of provocation, in cases involving a non-violent sexual advance. Click to download a full copy of the media release.

14 May 2014 - GLRL welcomes end of Homosexual Advance Defence

The NSW Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby (GLRL) today welcomed the passage of the Crimes Amendment (Provocation) Bill 2014 through the NSW Parliament, which signals the end of the most homophobic legal defence on the statute books in NSW. The Bill effectively removes the legal foundation for the use of the Homosexual Advance Defence, a common-law creation of the partial defence of provocation, in cases involving a non-violent sexual advance. Click to download a full copy of the media release.

The NSW Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby (GLRL) today welcomed the passage of the Crimes Amendment (Provocation) Bill 2014 through the NSW Parliament, which signals the end of the most homophobic legal defence on the statute books in NSW. The Bill effectively removes the legal foundation for the use of the Homosexual Advance Defence, a common-law creation of the partial defence of provocation, in cases involving a non-violent sexual advance.

Click to download a full copy of the media release.

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