by Jen | Nov 6, 2013 | Australian news, News
The editors of the Sydney Morning Herald have called on Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott to allow his MPs to vote with their consciences on same-sex marriage following a senior Government minister saying he believes his party room should revisit the issue...
by Jen | Nov 6, 2013 | Australian news, News
The High Court will hear a challenge to the legality of the ACT’s same-sex marriage law on December 3 and 4 – before any marriages will be able to take place. The court agreed on Monday afternoon to the federal government’s request for an expedited timeline at a brief...
by Jen | Nov 5, 2013 | AME media releases, News
More than a third of same-sex couples married in New Zealand in the first six weeks after it became possible were from overseas, with marriage equality advocates saying they are mostly Australians. Today, Statistics NZ released figures showing 117 same-sex couples...
by Jen | Nov 4, 2013 | AME media releases, News
Same-sex couples planning to marry in the ACT say they and their families will be “devastated” if the High Court overrules the Territory’s Marriage Equality Act before they can wed. Today the High Court set hearings in the case for December 3rd and...
by Jen | Nov 4, 2013 | Australian news, News
The second annual Equal Love Rally was warmly welcomed again by the Border last Saturday. “I think this year’s was more successful in the way that you could tell people were a bit more confident to turn up and engage themselves,” organiser Rhiannon Konigson said. The...
