Template:LGBT rights Australia (summary table)

Homosexuality legal	Y	SA since 1975; ACT since 1976; VIC since 1980; NSW and NT since 1984; WA since 1989; QLD since 1990; Norfolk Island since 1993; Commonwealth since 1994; Tasmania since 1997.
Equal age of consent	N	All states have an equal age of consent, except QLD (16 for non-anal sex, 18 for anal sex in QLD).
Anti-discrimination laws in employment	Y	All of Australia.
Anti-discrimination laws in the provision of goods and services	Y	All states and territories.
	N	Commonwealth.
Anti-discrimination laws in all other areas (including indirect discrimination, hate speech)	Y	All states and territories.
	N	Commonwealth.
Recognition of same-sex couples	Y	Relationship registries in ACT, NSW, TAS and VIC. Unregistered cohabitation or de facto status in most areas of Australian legislation since 2009.
Full joint adoption by same-sex couples	Y	WA, ACT (stepchild adoption in TAS). NSW and VIC considering adoption in 2010.
	N	NSW, VIC, NT, QLD, SA.
Altruistic surrogacy	Y	ACT, SA (from 26 November 2010 [1]), QLD, NSW, WA and VIC. Altruistic surrogacy is banned in TAS[2]; No surrogacy laws at all in the NT.
	N	TAS.
Access to IVF for lesbians	Y	ACT, NSW, NT, QLD, TAS, WA and VIC.
	N	SA,NT.
Parentage (with IVF) for lesbians	Y	Commonwealth, ACT, NSW, NT, WA, VIC, QLD and TAS.
	N	SA.
Homosexuals allowed to serve in the military	Y	Commonwealth legislation since 1992.
Right to change legal gender	Y	All areas of Australian legislation since 2006.
MSMs allowed to donate blood	N	12 month deferral (abstinence) period. Under review