by John | Feb 9, 2012 | Australian news, News
Two pieces of legislation aiming to legalise same-sex marriage will be presented to federal parliament next week. Labor backbencher Stephen Jones will table his private member’s bill on Monday, while a second will be jointly sponsored by Greens MP Adam Bandt and...
by John | Feb 9, 2012 | AME media releases, News
Marriage equality advocates have called on supporters of the issue from all parties to work together to achieve reform. The call comes in response to today’s announcement by Greens MP, Adam Bandt, and Tasmanian independent, Andrew Wilkie, that they will...
by John | Feb 2, 2012 | AME media releases, Events, News
What: benefit for sacked pro-equality pastor, Matt Glover When: 3pm Sat, Feb 11th Where: DT’s Hotel Richmond, Melbourne Who: Carl Katter, organiser; Joel Creasy, host; Cath Jamison and Slash Darling, performers; Alex Greenwich, Rodney Croome, Adam Bandt,...
by John | Sep 6, 2011 | Australian news, News
MELBOURNE voters overwhelmingly support same-sex marriage, according to Greens MHR Adam Bandt. In July, Mr Bandt put forward a motion calling for all MHRs to canvass the views of their constituents on gay marriage, and report back to Parliament. Mr Bandt said he...
by John | Sep 5, 2011 | Australian commentary
Labor MPs agreed to find out what their constituents thought about same-sex marriage last year but some of them didn’t seem particularly interested in the results, writes Myriam Robin Almost a year ago, Greens MP Adam Bandt called “on all parliamentarians...
