by Carol Burger | Feb 13, 2014 | AME media releases, AME Talks
Press Conference Who: Rodney Croome, Senator Sarah Hanson-Young, Senator Louise Pratt, Senator Sue Boyce, Wallaby David Pocock, Geoff Field and Jason Kerr, representatives of the 31 couples married during ACT Marriage Equality Laws and their families. Where: Senate...
by Jen | Feb 5, 2014 | AME media releases, Australian commentary, News
Australia is lagging further behind similar countries with Scotland passing a new law allowing same-sex couples to marry. The Scottish Parliament has overwhelmingly passed a marriage equality law, 105 votes to 18, becoming the 17th nation in the world to do so....
by Jen | Jan 31, 2014 | AME media releases, Australian commentary, News
Australian Marriage Equality’s contingent in this year’s Midsumma Pride March will bring together representatives from Labor, the Liberals and the Greens. Federal Shadow Attorney-General, Mark Dreyfus, will march with AME together with State Greens’...
by Jen | Jan 31, 2014 | AME media releases, Australian commentary, News
Marriage equality advocates have welcomed a new political party which aims to achieve equality for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and intersex people, including in marriage. The Australian Equality Party today announced its launch on February 2nd in Melbourne...
by Jen | Jan 24, 2014 | AME media releases, Australian commentary, News
A new Australian Government report, showing children raised by same-sex couples do as well as other children, has “blown out of the water” the main argument against marriage equality according to advocates for the reform. The Australian Institute of Family...
by Jen | Jan 23, 2014 | AME media releases, Australian commentary, News
Marriage equality advocates have welcomed the Federal Government’s inclusion of same-sex couples in a plan to offer $200 relationship counselling vouchers to couples, but say if the Government is serious about keeping same-sex couples together it should allow...
