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Death penalty dead and buried as Parliament bans it for good
The death penalty has been buried forever after Federal Parliament passed laws ensuring it can't be reinstated in any jurisdiction.
While no Australian state or territory uses the death penalty, the laws were needed to ensure the situation could never be reintroduced.
Both sides of politics supported the move which is largely seen as symbolic.
