It's over: 9 year gay law reform campaign ends in victory

An overview of Tasmania's gay law reform campaign.

Thursday May 1st 1997

After a nine year campaign which saw the involvement of the United Nations, Amnesty International, the Federal Government and the High Court, supporters of gay law reform have finally achieved their dream of equality before the law for all Tasmanians.

The one remaining barrier to gay law reform was removed today when the Tasmanian Upper House voted against discriminatory amendments which had threatened to derail reform by making it unacceptable to the Lower House. More...