by John | Dec 13, 2011 | Australian news, News
Same-sex marriage campaigners face an uphill battle in Canterbury-Bankstown as two local MPs this week voiced their steadfast opposition to any change in the law. In a short statement to The Express Watson Federal Labor MP Tony Burke said in the event of an ALP...
by John | Dec 13, 2011 | Australian news, News
BALLARAT federal Labor MP Catherine King’s change of heart in supporting same-sex marriage has been welcomed by some Moorabool church leaders. Previously quoted as opposing changing the Marriage Act, she says she is now likely to support allowing same-sex marriage...
by John | Dec 13, 2011 | Australian news, News
GAY marriage proponents should not count on parliamentary support from Deakin federal Labor MP Mike Symon. At Labor’s national conference this month, the party voted to adopt marriage equality as its policy, but still allow MPs to have a conscience vote on the issue....
by John | Dec 13, 2011 | Australian news, News
LOREE Rudd has followed through with her threat to quit the Australian Labor Party. The elder sister of Foreign Affairs Minister Kevin Rudd, who lives in Nambour, said she had sent the party an official letter last week informing it of her decision.
by John | Dec 13, 2011 | AME media releases, News
In an interview with The Australian, the new Attorney-General, Nicola Roxon, has confirmed her support for marriage equality (details here). Advising the Government on the proposed ammendments to the Marriage Act sits within this portfolio. Australian Marriage...
by John | Dec 13, 2011 | Australian news, News
TONY Abbott has faced a concerted push for a conscience vote on same-sex marriage from the highest levels of his shadow cabinet, with a string of frontbenchers challenging his position at a closed-door meeting yesterday. The Opposition Leader admitted to “a...
