*Age Of
Consent & Legal Sexual Activity for the State of
8th April
2011 Letter from Senior Policy Advisor on behalf of
Attorney-General Paul Lucas. In
response to my 28th February 2011 email to the
Attorney-General and the Premier, in which I had highlighted a 27th February 2011
Sunday Mail article which discussed the very real risk of
suicide for homosexual youth caused by Government refusal
to treat homosexuals with genuine equity. In this reply the new
Attorney-General makes it clear that the Premier is calling the shots on this
issue – and that she has stated that there are no current plans for reform action.
NB: Paul Lucas is the sixth Labor MP to
have been appointed as Attorney-General since this campaign began in February
2000. He was preceded by Cameron Dick, Kerry Shine, Linda Lavarch,
Rod Welford and Matt Foley. All of them have failed in their duty of care for
the welfare of Queensland youth, and in their responsibility to reflect Labor’s Policy Platform in the enactment of law reform
(i.e. in ensuring equity in laws related to age of consent).
View the
original pdf file of the letter which was sent to me
by email
Text via OCR:
Queensland Government
Office of the
Deputy Premier and Attorney-General
Minister for Local Government
and Special Minister of State
Our
ref: 523972/4. J/1 1/00135
08 APR 2011
Mr John Frame
jvframe@ozemai1.com.au
Dear
Mr Frame
Thank
you for your email of 28 February 2011 regarding equal age of consent reform.
The
Honourable Paul Lucas MP, Deputy Premier and
Attorney-General, Minister for Local Government and Special Minister of State
has asked that I respond on his behalf.
The
Deputy Premier and Attorney-General is aware of your
commitment to this issue and is also alert to the fact that you have written in
similar terms to previous Attorneys- General on this topic. As indicated in the
previous responses to you, the Premier and Minister for Reconstruction has publicly stated that the Queensland Government has no
plans to make policy amendments in this area.
Accordingly,
this Government is not intending to progress any legislative reform on this
issue at this time.
Thank
you for once again raising your concerns with the Deputy Premier and
Attorney-General.
Yours
sincerely
Jessica Collins
Senior Policy Advisor
Level 12 Executlve
bulloIng
100 George Street Brisbane 4000
GPO Box 15009 City
East
Queensland 4002 Australia
Telephone +61 7 3224 4600
Facsimile +61 7 3224 4781
Email deputypremier@ministerial.qld.gov.au
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