by John | Sep 20, 2012 | Australian news, News
The Senate has rejected a bill to legalise same-sex marriage. The Senate on today voted against the private members bill sponsored by Labor backbenchers by 41 votes to 26. Continue reading…
by John | Sep 20, 2012 | Australian news, News
OPPOSITION Leader Tony Abbott says some Coalition MPs feel very deeply about same-sex marriage and admits he is conflicted on the issue. As debate resumed today on a bill sponsored by Labor senators, Liberal senator Sue Boyce broke ranks with the Coalition to speak in...
by John | Sep 20, 2012 | Australian news, News
TASMANIAN gay rights advocates are urging the state’s upper house MPs to keep an open mind on gay marriage legislation. A joint Labor-Greens bill legislating same-sex marriage has passed the lower house and could be debated in the Legislative Council as soon as...
by John | Sep 20, 2012 | Australian news, News
ADVOCATES for legalising same-sex marriage will shift their focus to the state level, after federal MPs yesterday defeated a bill that would have allowed gay couples to marry. The bill, introduced by Labor backbencher Stephen Jones, was defeated in the House of...
by John | Sep 19, 2012 | Australian news, News
A SAME-SEX marriage bill should pass NSW parliament after party leaders announced they will let members have a conscience vote, members of a cross-party working group say. The working group will soon draft a same-sex marriage bill for NSW, expecting similar...
by John | Sep 19, 2012 | Australian news, News
A ‘BETRAYED’ Kerryn Phelps will write to former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to express her disappointment that he voted against same-sex marriage today after telling her he would ‘fix’ it. Professor Phelps is the former head of the Australian...
