Sexuality and Gender Diversity

171. Hon Alison Xamon to the Leader of the House representing the Attorney General:

I refer to the WA Labor commitment to implement a process for people who have historical sex convictions relating to consensual homosexual acts expunged, and I ask:

(a) can the Minister please advise whether this process has been developed;

(b) if yes to (a), please advise what this process will entail;

(c) if no to (a), why not;

HON ALISON XAMON (North Metropolitan) [ 9.50 pm ]: I rise tonight to talk about some important research that has come out recently from the Telethon Kids Institute on which I was fortunate to receive a briefing and to go to the launch of last week. Some members may have had the opportunity during the dinner break to see the institute’s display on health and medical research upstairs. The research I am talking about was also briefly on display tonight. It is good to see that people are given the opportunity to be made aware of it.