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    Abolishment of Death Penalty in Aus

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    The last person executed in Australia was Ronald Ryan in 1967. The Federal Government abolished the death penalty in 1973 through the Death Penalty Abolition Act. All Australian states and territories have since abolished capital punishment, with the last being Western Australia in 1984 and New South Wales in 1985. Australia is strongly committed to the global abolition of the death penalty through international agreements and UN resolutions.

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    The last person executed in Australia was Ronald Ryan in 1967. The Federal Government abolished the death penalty in 1973 through the Death Penalty Abolition Act. All Australian states and territories have since abolished capital punishment, with the last being Western Australia in 1984 and New South Wales in 1985. Australia is strongly committed to the global abolition of the death penalty through international agreements and UN resolutions.

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    The last person executed in Australia was Ronald Ryan in 1967. The Federal Government abolished the death penalty in 1973 through the Death Penalty Abolition Act. All Australian states and territories have since abolished capital punishment, with the last being Western Australia in 1984 and New South Wales in 1985. Australia is strongly committed to the global abolition of the death penalty through international agreements and UN resolutions.

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    The last person executed in Australia was Ronald Ryan in 1967. The Federal Government abolished the death penalty in 1973 through the Death Penalty Abolition Act. All Australian states and territories have since abolished capital punishment, with the last being Western Australia in 1984 and New South Wales in 1985. Australia is strongly committed to the global abolition of the death penalty through international agreements and UN resolutions.

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    The last person executed in Australia was Ronald Ryan in 1967. Australia is a federation of States.

    The Federal Government abolished the death penalty in 1973:Death Penalty Abolition Act 1973 (Cth). All Australian States and Territories have abolished the death penalty. jurisdiction last execution abolition Queensland New South Wales Tasmania Commonwealth ACT Northern Territory Victoria South Australia Western Australia 1913 1940 1946 nil nil 1952 1967 1964 1964 1922 1985(*) 1968 1973 1973 1973 1975 1976 1984

    (*) Though the death penalty for murder was abolished in NSW in 1955, NSW was the last state to completely abolish the death penalty when in 1985 capital punishment was abolished for treason and piracy: Crimes Amendment (Death Penalty Abolition) Act 1985 (NSW). Australia has signed the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which commits Australia to the abolition of the death penalty. For how this affects domestic law, see UNSWCCL's comment piece: The PM could protect us from the death penalty. Australia voted for the UN General Assembly's resolution calling for a global moratorium on the death penalty (18 December 2007). Australia annually co-sponsors a resolution of the UN Human Rights Commission that calls for all nations to abolish the death penalty. The latest version of the resolution was passed on 20 April 2005 and is called The Question of the Death Penalty (UN Doc E/CN.4/RES/2005/59).

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