Australia's newly elected lesbian senator, Louise Pratt, says she will fight to ensure the recently elected Labor Party delivers on its promise to implement all 58 federal laws which discriminate against the gay community. When Pratt takes up the West Australia's Senate seat in July she will be the second openly gay senator in Labor’s parliamentary line-up, joining Climate Change Minister Penny Wong in the Upper House. Pratt was a part of the Ministerial Taskforce on Lesbian and Gay Law Reform in Western Australia when the State passed gay and lesbian law reforms five years ago. The law reforms gave Western Australia some of the most progressive laws in the country. Ref: Sydney Star Observer
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First published: Saturday, 5th January 2008 - 3:14pm