Australian Greens Senator for South Australia Sarah Hanson-Young will give a public lecture at the University of New England’s Earle Page College on Wednesday, August 1.
The lecture, at 8.30 pm in the Earle Page College Dining Hall, will be the 29th in the College’s Annual Politics Lecture series. Titled “The time has come for marriage equality in Australia”, it will follow a formal dinner for college members and invited guests at which Ms Hanson-Young will be guest of honour.
Sarah Hanson-Young, who lives in Adelaide, took her seat as South Australia’s first Greens Senator – and the youngest person ever elected to the Australian Senate – on July 1, 2008. Her portfolio responsibilities include youth, childhood education and care, immigration and citizenship, consumer affairs, water and the Murray-Darling Basin, human rights, sexuality issues, and Tibet. She leads the Greens’ efforts to have the Marriage Act amended to achieve marriage equality for same-sex couples, lobbies the Federal Government to protect the Murray-Darling Basin, and is a strong advocate of compassion in Australia’s treatment of asylum seekers.
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