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Queensland, Australia Amends State’s Adoption Act Yesterday To Include Same-Sex Couples

Queensland, Australia amended the state’s Adoption Act yesterday to include same-sex couples.  This leaves South Australia and the Northern Territory as the last remaining states in Australia to restrict same-sex adoption.

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Adoption and Other Legislation Amendment Bill of 2016

Comments to Adoption and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2016 Explanatory Notes

 

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Queensland Will Likely Update Laws to Allow Gay Adoption

Report that Communities Minister Shannon Fentiman in Queensland is working on legislation in August 2016 to allow groups currently banned from adopting to be able to adopt, including gay couples.

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