South Australia has been a progressive example in terms of LGBTQ+ rights. It was the first state to legalise equality under criminal law, while repealing homosexual offences and stated 17 was the age for consensual acts to occur.
In the modern day, South Australia allowed couples to enter domestic partnerships since 2007 which progressed to official registration by 2017.
Now, the “gay panic” defence, more formally known as the provocation defence, is the legislation on track to be scraped by the Australian state.
The act itself isn’t a legally upheld law but has successfully established itself in High Court cases enabling it to become a successful defence.