Same-sex couples can now adopt children anywhere in Australia.
The Northern Territory was the last region of the country holding out against the tide of progress – until this week.
In a historic move, lawmakers added amendments to the NT Adoption of Children Act which mean that same-sex couples – as well as de facto couples – can now legally adopt.
Before now, only straight couples were allowed this right.
The decision comes after the federal Parliament’s followed the country’s wishes – expressed in the overwhelming 62 to 38 percent result of the postal vote – by legalising equal marriage.
by Josh Jackman, PinkNews.co.uk, March 15, 2018
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