by John | Sep 27, 2012 | Australian news, News
A SAME-SEX marriage bill should pass NSW parliament after party leaders announced they will let members have a conscience vote, members of a cross-party working group say. The working group will soon draft a same-sex marriage bill for NSW, expecting similar...
by John | Sep 19, 2012 | Australian news, News
THE NSW Premier, Barry O’Farrell, will allow Coalition MPs a conscience vote on a bill to legalise same-sex marriage, which a cross-party group of MPs will introduce this year. Liberal, Nationals, Labor and Greens MPs have formed a working party to draw up a...
by John | Sep 19, 2012 | AME media releases, News
Marriage equality advocates have welcomed the formation of a multi-partisan marriage equality campaign in NSW. Labor, Liberal, Nationals, Greens and Independent MPs will all join forces to help progress state based same-sex marriage laws (full details here and here)...
by John | Jun 25, 2012 | Australian commentary
THERE are members of the Coalition who struggle with same-sex marriage for a variety of reasons. One of the questions in their minds will be: how can we support something introduced by the Greens? Surely what we are doing is simply helping to advance their radical...
by John | Jun 7, 2012 | Australian commentary
Will the Newman government embrace a modern brand of conservatism, or instead hark back to the conservatism of yesteryear? The Liberal National Party rulers in Queensland soon face a decision that will show which of the two routes they will be heading down. It will...
