Criminal Law Consolidation (Provocation) Amendment Bill

The Hon. K.L. VINCENT: I wish to thank the Hon. Ms Franks for her tenacious commitment to ensuring that the provocation defence, known as the 'gay panic', is forever struck out of our statutes. In this most auspicious year, when...

Marriage Equality

Adjourned debate on motion of Hon. I.K. Hunter: That this council— 1. Notes the Irish public have overwhelmingly voted 'yes' in the referendum on the 34 th Amendment of the Constitution (Marriage Equality) Bill 2015; and 2. Congratulates the people...