by Jen | Jun 2, 2013 | Australian commentary, Australian news, News
Is this the start of a youthful change within Australia’s largest union? Or just a noisy morning blip on a media landscape crowded with murders and racism. On Thursday morning about 20 young people university students, shop workers, school students and retail...
by Jen | May 31, 2013 | Australian commentary, Australian news, News
ANY chance of a vote on gay marriage this year has disappeared after a powerful committee effectively forced it off the parliamentary diary. Here’s two of them. Labor and Coalition members of the legislative selection committee have left no room for the marriage...
by Carol Burger | May 30, 2013 | AME media releases, AME Talks, Australian commentary, News
Australian Marriage Equality Media Release Thursday May 30th 2013 Marriage equality advocates have renewed their call on the major parties to support the recognition of overseas same-sex marriages following the first same-sex marriage in France this morning...
by Jen | May 27, 2013 | Australian commentary, Australian news, News
Some apparent dissidents in Australia’s largest union, the Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees Association (or SDA), are today calling on the organisation’s boss to reveal the research which he claims shows most of the country’s retail sectors workers are opposed...
by Jen | May 27, 2013 | Australian commentary, Australian news, News
Hundreds marched in Sydney’s streets as a loud and proud stand for marriage equality. The rally began at Sydney’s Town Hall and then continued in a march to Taylor Square, where LGBTI activists chalked a rainbow crossing. A painted rainbow crossing that...
by Carol Burger | May 26, 2013 | Australian commentary, Australian news
Last week, I spied a peculiar photograph accompanying a newspaper story about the legalisation of gay marriage and adoption in France. The caption on it read ”Men in masks: A protest in Paris on Friday against legalising same-sex marriage”. “These...
