Same-sex couples, single people and couples undergoing fertility treatment will now be able to adopt a child in Queensland.

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The Palaszczuk Government passed the Adoption and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2016 last night with the help of the three independent MPs.

The LNP and Katter’s Australian Party opposed expanding the adoption criteria to include same-sex couples and single people.

LNP’s communities spokeswoman Ros Bates argued the expanded criteria was not needed.

Photo By Kurt Löwenstein Educational Center International Team from Germany (ws’08 (5)) [CC-BY-2.0], via Wikimedia Commons

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