by Jen | May 6, 2016 | AME media releases, Australian commentary, News
Australian Marriage Equality (AME) has welcomed the appointment of Mr Ed Santow as the Australian Human Rights Commissioner. “No one in Australia is more qualified than Ed Santow to take on the role of Human Rights Commissioner, or will bring more experience and skill...
by Jen | Apr 6, 2016 | AME media releases, Australian commentary, Australian news, News
Child of same-sex couple urges Turnbull to drop plebiscite A young Melbourne woman raised by a same-sex couple has written to Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull, urging him to drop plans for a plebiscite on marriage equality and allow a free vote in Parliament instead....
by Jen | Mar 31, 2016 | AME media releases, Australian commentary, Australian news, News
Marriage equality advocates say the commencement of civil union ceremonies in Queensland boosts the case for marriage equality nationallya From tomorrow Queensland couples can have civil union ceremonies following the re-enactment of civil union legislation late last...
by Jen | Mar 30, 2016 | AME media releases, Australian commentary, Australian news, News
A group of residents in the federal electorate of Bowman in southeast Queensland – currently held by Andrew Laming for the Liberal Party – is petitioning residents about their views on marriage equality. They began in Mr Laming’s neighbourhood, the...
by Jen | Feb 29, 2016 | AME media releases, Australian commentary, Australian news, News
“It’s one thing for politicians to use electioneering to sledge one another but it’s a very different thing to use that same mechanism to hurt vulnerable people in the community.” – The Very Rev Dr Peter Catt “This leaflet is factually...