by John | Sep 11, 2012 | Australian news, News
SENIOR Labor figures are pushing for a vote on gay marriage, possibly as early as next week, to clear the issue off the agenda. But as five ministers argued in favour of legalising gay unions in yesterday’s parliamentary debate, the Greens’ Adam Bandt said...
by John | Sep 4, 2012 | Australian news, News
Inspired by US President Barack Obama, Federal Education Minister Peter Garrett has said he will continue to stick by his principles and support marriage equality despite coming under attack from members of his local Labor Party branch for his views. A storm broke out...
by John | Jul 24, 2012 | Australian commentary, Australian news, News
IN the electoral killing fields of Sydney, where Labor MPs stand on same-sex marriage depends on where they sit. Labor advocates of same-sex marriage point to opinion polls that show most Australians support it and, in the trendy inner-city seats of Grayndler, held by...
by John | Sep 14, 2011 | Australian news, News
CANBERRA: In what was unanimously agreed to be a historic occasion, the nation’s first Parliamentary Friendship Group for LGBTI Australians held its inaugural gathering at a reception inside Parliament House last night, drawing a great number of leading politicians...
by Alex Greenwich | Jun 28, 2011 | Australian news, News
Labor frontbencher Peter Garrett sees the case for same-sex marriage, but believes it is a matter for the party to decide as a whole. “I don’t see what the major impediments to it are,” Mr Garrett told ABC Television today. “But I recognise...