Alan Raabe, aged 64 is currently the face of the Queensland Government’s move to remove homosexuality convictions, yet he may be unsuccessful in clearing his name under new laws.
Raabe stood before the Queensland Premier and Attorney-General in May 2017, where they apologised to people convicted of being homosexual.
Yet due to the laws passed Parliament only approved for public morality offence and male homosexual offences to be removed, not other offences such as assault.
Raabe’s convictions would not be eligible for removal despite his long standing fight against removing the charges.