In most cases, individuals guilty of this crime are automatically placed on the state’s sex offender registry. A provision law states that in cases where a sexual partner is over the age of 15 and their partner is within 10 years of their age, the partner over the age of 18 will not automatically be placed on the registry.

Age of consent reform refers to the efforts of some individuals or groups, for different reasons and with varying arguments, to raise, lower, abolish or otherwise alter age of consent laws. These efforts advocate five main positions: An introduction of close-in-age exceptions. A change in the way age of consent laws are examined in court.

In South Australia the age of consent for both heterosexual and homosexual sex is 17 years. Indeed, the marked lack of uniformity in Australias age of consent laws affects not just gay men and lesbians but also heterosexual Australians as it leaves criminality dependent upon the State or Territory in which a person happens to be.

In NSW and Queensland the age of consent is 16 years for heterosexual sex and 18 years for homosexual sex. In South Australia the age of consent for both heterosexual and homosexual sex is 17 years. In the Northern Territory the age of sexual consent is 16 years for girls and 18 years for boys. Under Tasmanian law the age of consent for heterosexual sex is 17 years while homosexual sex …

In all other jurisdictions the age of consent for any manner of sexual intercourse is 16, [5] except in South Australia and Tasmania where it is 17. [6] Unlike any other jurisdiction, Queensland also makes it an offence to “permit” another person, under 18, to having anal intercourse with them.

The age of consent in Australia varies between 16 and 17. In Queensland, while the age of consent for gay and straight people is equal, anal intercourse is banned for both until 18 years of age. The age of consent for gay sex is 16 in Britain, Belgium, New Zealand, Germany, Norway and Portugal.

Debate on legislation to equalise the age of consent for heterosexual and homosexual sex begins today in State Parliament. It is the third try to lower the consent age from 18 to 16 for gay men

In Canada, the United Kingdom and Western Australia, for example, the age of consent was originally 21 for same-sex sexual activity between males (with no laws regarding lesbian sexual activities), while it was 16 for heterosexual sexual activity; this is no longer the …

According to the Australian Institute of Family Studies, the age of consent for both heterosexual and same-sex intercourse is 16 in every jurisdiction except Tasmania and South Australia where it is 17.

The right of gay men to legally have sex at 16 will now be enshrined in law, after a Government bill passed the NSW Upper House tonight. Labor and Liberal MPs were allowed a conscience vote on the issue, with the bill passing 23 to 16.

On 8 January, 2001, the Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act finally came into force after it was passed by parliament on 30 November, 2000, lowering the age of consent for gay and bisexual men to 16

Ages of consent are equal at 17 years of age. Some defences remain available for intercourse at a younger age, but do not apply in cases of anal sex. 1997 – The gay panic defence is upheld by the High Court of Australia. 2003 – NSW formally equalises the age of consent at 16 years of age.