00:01For three decades, Rodney Croom has fought for equality.
00:06Entering Parliament today, he hoped to see victory in another battle, banning conversion
00:12practices in Tasmania.
00:14I think it will send a message that LGBTIQA plus people, and particularly young people,
00:20aren't broken, don't need to be fixed, and like everyone else, we have a place in Tasmania
00:26and we belong.
00:27This bill has been many years in the making.
00:29It brings Tasmania into line with the majority of other states.
00:33But it's been contentious, particularly within the Liberal Party, which has been given a conscience
00:39vote.
00:40With the weight of evidence clearly showing conversion practices cause harm, the Parliament
00:46cannot ignore that.
00:49We do need to prohibit this practice.
00:52The leaders of both major parties confirmed they'll support the bill.
00:55Labour will vote for this bill as one. We did not need a conscience vote because we
01:02share the view that conversion practices cause real and lasting harm.
01:07A number of independents also vowed to support it.
01:10This bill will not undo what has already been done to people. What it can do is stop it happening
01:17to the next person.
01:18Some MPs argued the bill defines conversion practices too broadly, and it would have unintended
01:24consequences.
01:25Nothing in this definition goes anywhere near limiting the scope of this bill to quack mental
01:33health treatments quite the opposite.
01:36This bill turns the most cautious care for a distressed child into some of the most legally dangerous
01:44care that a parent or clinician can offer.
01:47Other government members felt strongly that it was the right thing to do.
01:51No person should be made to feel that they are broken because of who they are.
01:56But it was the stories of survivors that carried the most weight.
02:00Their truth has been the catalyst for this bill, which is carefully designed to make sure never
02:06again should others suffer as they have.
02:09The debate is expected to continue for some time.
02:13The debate is expected to continue to continue for a Tinder.
02:16The debate is expected to continue for a long time and for the two days after the two days
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