Tracking Howard on gay adoption
Will the Howard Government override the ACT’s new relationship laws, including gay adoption? What follows is a day-by-day description of the development of the issue.
Friday 13 February 2004
On Friday morning, rumours begin circulating in the ACT Legislative Assembly that the federal coalition is planning to override the ACT’s new adoption laws. The rumours are dismissed as absurd.
At Friday lunch-time, the prime minister makes it