by Jen | Feb 9, 2015 | AME media releases, Australian commentary, News
Advocates have called on Tony Abbott to rebuild his leadership by allowing a free vote on marriage equality. The call comes in the wake of the defeat of a motion to spill Mr Abbott from the Prime Ministership, and polls showing his government is increasingly...
by Jen | Jan 31, 2015 | AME media releases, Australian commentary, News
A global human rights report has listed the exclusion of same-sex couples from marriage as one of Australia’s human rights failings. The 2015 Human Rights Watch global report slams Australia’s human rights record, citing discrimination in marriage...
by Jen | Jan 20, 2015 | AME media releases, Australian commentary, News
Overnight, Wodonga City Council became the latest local government to call on the federal government to progress on the issue of marriage equality. Deputy Director of Australian Marriage Equality, Ivan Hinton-Teoh, said, “Wodonga has added it’s name to the...
by Jen | Jan 20, 2015 | AME media releases, Australian commentary, News
Marriage equality advocates congratulate the ACT Government in the promotion of Yvette Berry MLA to the new portfolio of Social Inclusion and Equality. With the recent establishment of the Victorian equality portfolio this announcement demonstrates a welcome trend in...
by Jen | Jan 17, 2015 | AME media releases, Australian commentary, News
Advocates want government timetable for marriage equality debate. “It will be deeply embarrassing for Australia if marriage equality is adopted across the US, as it has been already in New Zealand and the UK, before our parliament has even begun discussing the...
by Jen | Jan 16, 2015 | AME media releases, Australian commentary, Australian news, News
Australia may not have legalised same-sex marriage but love has found a way for nearly a dozen gay couples in Perth – who have tied the knot in the last six months.
