While Prime Minister Scott Morrison told Sky News he does not support the practice, he says federal government 'should focus on the things we actually have control over’.
Labor has promised to outlaw gay conversion therapy if the party is elected at May’s federal election, but the Prime Minister argues it is up to state governments to eliminate the practice.
While Scott Morrison told Sky News he does not support the practice, he says federal government 'should focus on the things we actually have control over’. Shadow Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus says ‘it’s not good enough’, and Australia needs ‘national leadership’.
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