by Jen | Oct 31, 2013 | Australian news, News
Murchison MLC Ruth Forrest has vowed to continue the fight to provide an avenue for same-sex couples to marry in Tasmania. Ms Forrest’s bid to put the state’s same-sex marriage legislation back on the table was voted down 8-6 in the Upper House last night....
by Carol Burger | Oct 10, 2013 | AME Talks, Australian news, Uncategorized
Tasmania’s gay couples are hopeful a new report will change the minds of MPs when the state’s same-sex marriage bill returns to parliament next week. The island state made a bid to go it alone on gay marriage last year when its lower house became the first...
by Carol Burger | Aug 7, 2013 | AME Talks, Australian commentary, Australian news
Opponents of a Tasmanian same-sex marriage have declared often and loudly that “marriage is a federal issue”. It was this slogan that defeated our state’s attempt to lead the nation towards marriage equality last year. It has kept the issue off the parliamentary...
by Jen | Jun 7, 2013 | Australian commentary, Australian news, News
Guy Barnett’s new marriage equality poll shouldn’t be taken seriously as an indication of where Tasmanian’s stand on the issue. But it should be taken seriously as an indication of how the Liberal Party is failing Tasmanians on this issue. Yesterday, Barnett’s Save...
by Jen | Jun 5, 2013 | Australian commentary, Australian news, News
Same-sex marriage opponents, Save Marriage Coalition, commissioned a survey of 400 people across the state. The survey asked people to rate how important 12 different social and economic issues were to the future of the state. Spokesman Guy Barnett, who is also a...