by Alex Greenwich | Nov 29, 2011 | Australian commentary, Australian news, News
The dominant Victorian arm of the National Union of Workers has formally resolved to back progressive ALP delegates in their conference fight with Julia Gillard over gay marriage, drawing the Left to within striking distance of slapping down the prime minister’s...
by Alex Greenwich | Nov 29, 2011 | Australian news, News
Labor Left powerbroker Anthony Albanese has backed the ALP changing its platform at national conference to support same-sex marriage, accusing his opponents of hypocrisy. In a sign of the Left’s growing confidence, Mr Albanese said delegates should be allowed a...
by Alex Greenwich | Nov 29, 2011 | Australian news, News
One of Julia Gillard’s closest confidants, Home Affairs Minister Brendan O’Connor, wants Labor to change its platform on same-sex marriage. Mr O’Connor said yesterday there should be a “full debate” on the issue when it was raised at the...
by Alex Greenwich | Nov 28, 2011 | Australian news, News
Lobby group GetUp has launched a new video in a bid to get this weekend’s ALP national conference to endorse gay marriage. The video is shot through the eyes of a person who enters a friendship, falls in love and is later revealed to be a gay man after his...
by Alex Greenwich | Nov 28, 2011 | Australian news, News
And so the ALP’s National Conference has finally arrived. This weekend, Australia’s oldest political party will thrash out its National Platform and finalise its positions on contentious issues such as selling uranium to India, asylum-seeker policy and, of course,...
