The NSW government will this afternoon apologise for laws that criminalised homosexual acts, becoming the last Australian state to do so.
The NSW government is set to formally apologise for laws that criminalised homosexuality, four decades since it was decriminalised. NSW Premier Chris Minns is set to formally apologise on behalf of the government to people convicted of homosexual acts, 40 years after the state decriminalised gay sex.
NSW will be the last state to issue an apology, with Victoria and South Australian apologising in 2016 ahead of apologies by Queensland, Western Australia, and Tasmania in 2017. Independent Sydney MP Alex Greenwich, who is the only openly gay member of the NSW Legislative Assembly, said he hoped the government would back up the apology with action.Mr Greenwich has put forth a wide-ranging "equality bill", which includes prohibiting religious schools from firing LGBTQ+ teachers and preventing students from being expelled for coming out as gay.
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