by Jen | Oct 23, 2015 | AME media releases, Australian commentary, Australian news, News
Advocates say marriage equality research dispels concerns about concerted opposition to the reform among migrants living in Australians. Earlier this week, Liberal Senator, Concetta Fierravanti-Wells, told the Press Club marriage equality “would raise strong...
by Jen | Jul 5, 2015 | AME media releases, Australian commentary, Australian news, News
“Australians will not be guided by what some Chinese or Burmese official thinks is ‘decadent’.” – Rodney Croome Marriage equality advocates have dismissed as irrelevant the possibility, raised by Agriculture Minister, Barnaby Joyce, that...
by Jen | Feb 14, 2015 | Australian commentary, Australian news, News
Today, Alabama became the 37th state in the US to legalise same-sex marriage. The first same-sex marriage licenses were handed out this morning at the Birmingham courthouse, where many couples then chose to wed.
by Jen | Jan 17, 2015 | AME media releases, Australian commentary, News
Advocates want government timetable for marriage equality debate. “It will be deeply embarrassing for Australia if marriage equality is adopted across the US, as it has been already in New Zealand and the UK, before our parliament has even begun discussing the...
by Jen | Dec 12, 2014 | AME media releases, Australian commentary, News
Exactly a year has passed since the Australian High Court put the onus on the federal parliament to allow same-sex marriages yet the federal government continues to stall the reform by refusing a free vote. On December 12th 2013 the High Court struck down the...