Mr England won the case in the Equal Opportunity Commission. But this did not prevent the clashes over who was to be informed about his partner's condition by the hospital, nor arguments at the funeral. The executive officer of People Living with HIV-AIDS Victoria, David McCarthy, said he knew of cases where gay men had died of AIDS and without a will, and blood families had moved into the house and evicted the partner. Mr McGregor and Mr Hunter suspect part of the conservatives' rejection of the proposed bill stems from ideas of what constitutes a family. It's not just little Johnny Howard's conservative ideal.
Family means different things to different people.
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