by Carol Burger | Sep 26, 2014 | AME Talks, Australian news
Former Labor prime minister Julia Gillard says she accepts it is a matter of time before same-sex marriage is legal in Australia. Ms Gillard has given a rare interview to Channel Nine ahead of the release of a memoir she has written about her time in the top job. As...
by Carol Burger | Sep 26, 2014 | AME Talks, Australian news
MARRIAGE equality in Australia is closer than ever with the Federal Parliament likely to face a conscience vote on the issue this year, which would allow members to vote according to their personal views. In 2011 Labor changed its official policy platform to advocate...
by Carol Burger | Sep 25, 2014 | AME Talks, Australian news
AN Anglican priest who has championed the cause of marriage equality has caused consternation in his congregation by revealing he would refuse to wed gay couples – even if same-sex marriage were to be legalised. Father Rod Bower, of the Anglican Parish of Gosford on...
by Carol Burger | Sep 25, 2014 | AME media releases, AME Talks
Marriage equality advocates say a Senate report released today is one-sided and a slap in the face to same-sex couples married overseas. The Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee has released its report into a bill from SA Greens Senator, Sarah...
by Carol Burger | Sep 25, 2014 | AME Talks, Australian news
GLEN Eira Council’s decision to publicly support same-sex marriage has divided the community — as well as councillors — with religious groups unhappy with the decision. Father Barry Tobin, parish priest at St Patrick’s Murrumbeena and St Kevin’s Ormond, said the...
by Carol Burger | Sep 22, 2014 | AME Talks, Australian news
Liberal MP Craig Laundy has had a change of heart on the same-sex marriage debate. And it is not good news for advocates of marriage equality. Mr Laundy had been one of the only Coalition MPs in the class of 2013 who had come out publicly in support of a free vote on...
