Which case is associated with the decriminalisation of homosexuality in Australia?

• A. Lange v Australian Broadcasting Corporation
• B. ABC v Lenah Game Meats
• C. Roach v Electoral Commissioner
• D. Croome v Tasmania

Answer: (D)

Decriminalising homosexuality in Australia was advanced through a High Court challenge to state criminal laws that criminalised same-sex conduct. The landmark case is Croome v Tasmania, where the High Court held that Tasmanian provisions criminalising consensual same‑sex activity were invalid, leading to decriminalisation in Tasmania and a broader move toward equality before the law. The other cases involve different constitutional issues—Lange deals with the implied freedom of political communication, Lenah Game Meats concerns privacy and media, and Roach concerns voting rights for prisoners—so they are not about decriminalising homosexuality.