*Age Of Consent & Legal Sexual
Activity for the State of
22nd November 2006 Email from newly
appointed Attorney-General, Hon. Kerry Shine acknowledging my
more recent emails and stating “I advise that
at some point in the near future, I plan to meet with groups interested in
these and other same sex couple issues to discuss them further.”
In the past six and a half years of pressing
the Beattie Government for equal age of consent reform, this is the very first contact from either the Attorney-General or the
Premier which expresses a willingness to meet with relevant groups in order to
discuss the issue.
I hope this means that the Beattie Government
is also considering declaring a timeframe for action on reform. Urgent action on reform had
been strongly recommended in July 2005 by Queensland Anti-Discrimination
Commissioner Susan Booth.
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Subject: Attorney's Response
In response to your recent
email, please find attached correspondence from the office of the Honourable
Kerry Shine MP, Attorney-General and Minister for Justice.
Kind regards,
Office of the Attorney-General and Minister for
Justice
Level 18, State Law Building
50
Phone: 07 323 93478
Fax: 07 322 02475
Email: attorney@ministerial.qld.gov.au
Refer
to: J/06/06993
Mr
John Frame
Dear
Mr Frame
My
office is in receipt of a number of emails from you in recent months in
relation to the age of consent. I note
you have also contacted the Premier on the same issue.
I
advise that at some point in the near future, I plan to meet with groups
interested in these and other same sex couple issues to discuss them further.
Thank
you for taking the time to raise this matter with me.
Yours
sincerely
Hon
Kerry Shine MP
Attorney-General, Minister for
Justice and
Minister Assisting the Premier in