Premier Dominic Perrottet has agreed to ban gay conversion therapy across NSW, days after Opposition Leader Chris Minns made a similar vow. 9News
The backing comes after a major push from influential independent MP Alex Greenwich, who told both the Liberal and Labor parties a change to laws would be a crucial condition of his support in a minority government.
"A week ago we did not have the support of either major party to ban conversion practices in NSW," Greenwich said. "And now today we have the support of both leaders to provide a pathway to ending these practices in NSW," Greenwich said."Conversion therapy is a dangerous and damaging practice and there's no room for it in NSW," he said.
"We should not have a situation where children are being told something is wrong with them and that they need to be fixed."The event is set to see some 500,000 people descend on the Sydney, injecting hundreds of million of dollars into the local economy.
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