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Why Australia needs a national ban on conversion therapy

  • Written by Larissa Sandy, Senior Lecturer in Criminology & Justice Studies, RMIT University
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In recent weeks, Queensland and the ACT became the first Australian jurisdictions to ban conversion therapy.

Both passed laws making the widely discredited practice a criminal offence.

While this is progress, it is not enough to adequately protect LGBTIQ Australians from the devastating impact of conversion therapy. A national...

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