On Sept. 5, Michael Daley, attorney general of New South Wales (NSW), Australia, reaffirmed the ban on praying over those who are part of the LGBTQA community. Daley confirmed during a parliamentary committee hearing that praying for or with individuals with the hopes of them “changing their sexual orientation or gender, that’s against the law.” The Conversion Practices Ban Act 2024, established on April 4, 2025, criminalizes all forms of “conversion therapies” that treat LGBTQA people as having a “disorder.” It sentences lawbreakers to a maximum penalty of five years in prison.