by Alex Greenwich | Jul 23, 2012 | Australian commentary
This article was recently published on the Menzies House website. Recently the NSW Upper House passed a motion calling on the federal government to amend the Marriage Act to allow same-sex couples to marry. It passed with the support of seven Coalition MPs, who were a...
by Alex Greenwich | Jul 21, 2012 | AME media releases, News
Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, has said she expects many of her Labor colleagues will vote for marriage equality during an online question and answer session where marriage equality rated at the top issue of concern for ordinary Australians. Many questions for the...
by Alex Greenwich | Jul 7, 2012 | AME media releases, News
Marriage equality advocates have responded to Opposition leader, Tony Abbott’s, unequivocal rejection of civil unions by urging supporters of gay rights like Opposition communications spokesperson, Malcolm Turnbull, to focus on marriage equality. At the sixth...
by Alex Greenwich | Jul 7, 2012 | Australian news, News
Federal Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has rejected senior Liberal Malcolm Turnbull’s calls for civil unions to be legislated in Parliament. Mr Turnbull says the more he reflects on gay marriage the less convinced he is by the arguments against it. He says while...
by Alex Greenwich | Jul 7, 2012 | AME media releases, News
Marriage Equality advocates have hit back at Malcolm Turnbull for suggesting that Civil Unions were a substitute for marriage equality in a recent speech. In a speech on the 6th of July at the Southern Cross University, Mr Turnbull said: “While I am very...
