by John | Nov 4, 2011 | Australian news, News
MOUNT Isa gay rights activist James Newburrie has hit his target of 32,001 names on a petition to recognise gay marriage in Australia. Mr Newburrie started his campaign in September after Federal Member for Kennedy Bob Katter made comments deriding gay marriage as...
by John | Sep 15, 2011 | Australian commentary
ATTENDEES at Sunday’s gay rights rally have gained support from an unlikely source with Good Shepherd Catholic Parish priest Father Mick Lowcock saying he supports the right of gay people to have their relationships formally recognised by Australian law....
by John | Sep 12, 2011 | Australian news, News
Gay activists are calling on the Federal Member for Kennedy, Bob Katter, to ackowledge there is a homosexual community in his electorate. More than 70 protesters gathered outside Mr Katter’s Mount Isa office in remote north-west Queensland at the weekend, in...
by John | Sep 9, 2011 | Australian news, News
THE organiser of Mount Isa’s first gay rights rally said preparations were on track for Sunday’s event. James Newburrie said he wasn’t expecting a large turnout outside Member for Kennedy Bob Katter’s office however this would not detract from...
by John | Sep 8, 2011 | Australian commentary
In the good old days of Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen, it was not unusual for the civil authorities in Queensland to take a creative approach to public order-and-law enforcement, in the process sometimes overstepping the boundaries of proper conduct. In Mount Isa, dominated...
