by Carol Burger | Dec 4, 2013 | Uncategorized
COUPLES INTENDING TO MARRY IN A.C.T. AVAILABLE FOR INTERVIEWS WEDDINGS WILL BRING EQUALITY ONE STEP CLOSER REGARDLESS OF COURT DECISION Same-sex couples intending to marry in the ACT from Saturday are available for interviews. Please contact Australian Marriage...
by Carol Burger | Nov 27, 2013 | AME Talks, Australian commentary, Australian news
Australian Marriage Equality is seeking to be heard by the High Court in defence of the ACT’s same-sex marriage law. The advocacy group has argued its “submissions will assist the court” when the full hearing of federal government’s challenge...
by Carol Burger | Nov 26, 2013 | Uncategorized
Fifty-eight years ago, as a conscript in the Australian Navy, I was on parade with ship’s company on the wharf at Williamstown, I believe it was. Since this 1978 rally, which was a pre-curser to the Mardi Gras, we have come a long way A police identity check was...
by Carol Burger | Nov 26, 2013 | Australian news, News
Quentin Bryce has publicly backed both an Australian republic and same-sex marriage. But still some wrongly insist that the Governor-General should be ‘above politics’, writes Mark Fletcher. Her Excellency the Honourable Quentin Bryce, Governor-General of...
by Carol Burger | Nov 26, 2013 | AME media releases, AME Talks
Marriage equality advocates have sought leave to defend laws allowing same-sex couples to marry in the current High Court case against the ACT’s Marriage Equality Act. In a written submission to the Court, Australian Marriage Equality argues that the ACT law...