by Carol Burger | Aug 13, 2014 | Uncategorized
Today marks ten years since the Howard Government amended the Commonwealth Marriage Act to make marriage explicitly ‘the union of a man and a woman to the exclusion of all others’. There appears to be significant appetite for change in 2014, with Liberal...
by Carol Burger | Dec 9, 2013 | Australian commentary, Australian news
The marriages of those gay couples who marry in the ACT this weekend will be null and void if the High Court strikes down the ACT’s same sex marriage law. It will be as if they had not married at all. But the symbolism will have been important. Gay couples have five...
by Jen | Nov 22, 2013 | Australian commentary, Australian news, News
The Commonwealth’s challenge to the A.C.T.’s Marriage Equality Bill has left many same-sex couples hoping to marry in limbo. (Shawn Gearhart – Getty Images) With the High Court set to decide whether the ACT’s same-sex marriage laws can survive, Di...
by Carol Burger | Nov 4, 2013 | AME Talks, Australian news
Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull has called for a conscience vote on same-sex marriage, admitting that the matter is ”very likely” to come before Federal Parliament this term. The call, which accentuates the distance between the moderate Mr...
by Carol Burger | Oct 23, 2013 | AME Talks, Australian news
The Federal Government has confirmed it will go ahead with a High Court challenge after the ACT today became the first Australian jurisdiction to legalise same-sex marriage. The ACT Labor Government passed its Marriage Equality Same-Sex Bill in the Legislative...
