by John | May 22, 2012 | Australian news, Events, News
Many of Australia’s most respected actors and actresses have joined forces to help raise funds and awarness for Marriage Equality. Lisa McCune, Magda Szubanski, Rachel Griffiths, Jay Laga’aia, Dan MacPherson, Spencer McLaren, and Julian Shaw, from...
by John | May 22, 2012 | Australian news, News
Together for 45 years, John Challis and Arthur Cheeseman want the right to get married. John makes their case in a video interview. John Challis is 83, and his life partner, Arthur Cheeseman, is 80. They say when they met in 1967 they never imagined that one day they...
by John | May 22, 2012 | Australian news, News
Tony Abbott’s MPs want to decide for themselves whether to vote for marriage equality or not – and are challenging the opposition leader to grant them a conscience vote on the issue, like Julia Gillard’s Labor Party has done. And voters agree. A new Galaxy poll...
by John | May 21, 2012 | Australian news, News
Senior government Minister Bill Shorten has been ”heavily influenced” by the views of high-profile gay marriage advocate and retired High Court judge Michael Kirby in forming his position on the upcoming same-sex marriage vote. The Workplace Relation...
by John | May 20, 2012 | Australian news, News
Maverick federal MP Bob Katter has told an audience with former prime minister Kevin Rudd he will regret homophobic advertisements aired by his party “for the rest of my days”. Katter’s Australia Party’s ads, featuring a pixilated black and...
by John | May 20, 2012 | Australian news, News
A poll indicating most Liberal voters support a conscience vote on same-sex marriage is reason enough for Tony Abbott to allow one, advocates say. The Galaxy poll, published in the Sunday Herald Sun, found 77 per cent of Coalition voters support a conscience vote on...
