Liberal, Labor and Greens MPs have passed the Conversion Practices Prohibition Bill in the House of Assembly, with the Government giving the bill extra time to ensure that it was voted on. Now the bill will be considered by the Legislative Council, and could be voted on as soon as November 17
Despite minor improvements in the bill, it is still the worst in Australia and it directly threatens faith communities and even parents.
The bills’ authors assured us that there were protections for prayer, preaching and parental guidance, but in the parliamentary debate, they
As Rosalie Woodruff, the Greens leader admitted:
“It was never an exemption”
There are no protections in this bill. If the Commission or courts decide that your prayer or conversation was “directed at an individual” for the purpose of “suppressing” their “sexuality”, or “inducing” them to do so, then you have committed a “conversion practice”, even if it was a parent talking to a child.
And, of course, it is still defined as child abuse.
The time to speak up is NOW
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