by John | Nov 14, 2012 | Australian commentary
ALP Senator Louise Pratt’s impassioned speech reminds us that watching parliamentary debates on marriage equality reform is an exercise in emotional and intellectual labour. From awe to anger, whether good or bad, the political rhetoric is intensely affective....
by John | Nov 13, 2012 | Australian commentary
The main stories coming out of the recent elections in the United States have of course been that Barack Obama won a second term, and which party controls the House and the Senate. However, the election produced a number of other interesting outcomes, not least of...
by John | Nov 8, 2012 | Australian commentary
I write to you as a tax paying citizen, a brother, a son, an uncle and a member of the homosexual community frustrated with our politicians’ lacklustre stance on the rights of gay and lesbians in our fair nation. On both sides of the political fence, that is. News...
by John | Oct 17, 2012 | Australian commentary
Kevin Andrews has announced conservatives have “conclusively won” the same-sex marriage battle. Rodney Croome knows that’s rubbish – because rural activists are only just beginning to fight Opponents of marriage equality like Kevin Andrews show...
by John | Oct 17, 2012 | Australian commentary
It’s been a big few weeks in marriage equality land. Despite intense efforts, Australian politics handed down its verdict on same-sex marriage: no. First comprehensively in Federal Parliament’s Lower House, and then not long after, narrowly in Tasmania’s Upper...
by John | Oct 17, 2012 | Australian commentary
Recently “victory” was claimed by anti-marriage equality protagonists following defeats of amendments to the Marriage Act in the Federal and Tasmanian Parliaments. But at close examination everyday Australians could be forgiven for questioning what we call...
