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Share on Twitter The Victorian parliament has voted to outlaw gay conversion therapy in a marathon sitting of the state's upper house. The "world-leading" Change or Suppression (Conversion) Practices Prohibition Bill passed the Legislative Council late on Thursday night 29 votes to nine following a 12-hour debate. Liberal MPs Bev McArthur and Bernie Finn broke party ranks and voted against the government's legislation, along with crossbench MPs Jeff Bourman, Catherine Cumming, Clifford Hayes, Stuart Grimley, David Limbrick, Tania Maxwell and Tim Quilty. The bill outlaws any therap...

Liberal rift deepens over bill banning gay conversion therapy Save Normal text size Advertisement A decision by the shadow cabinet of the Liberal Party to ultimately support a bill banning gay conversion therapy has exposed divisions in the Victorian opposition. A leaked email, obtained by The Age and sent to MPs on Monday afternoon, outlines the Liberal Party’s strategy to deal with the controversial proposal. They will, in effect, support the change by choosing not to oppose it in State Parliament but will move amendments during Thursday’s upper house debate. In a tense meeting o...