by Alex Greenwich | Nov 21, 2011 | Australian commentary
Conscience, in the usage of the Australian Labor Party, is determined by the Roman Catholic Church and the aim of a conscience vote is to allow members to vote against moves for equality, fairness and social justice if the Pope doesn’t like them. The irony, of...
by Alex Greenwich | Nov 19, 2011 | News
Equality advocates have welcomed the strong support for reform from Finance Minister, Penny Wong. In an opinion piece, published in today’s AGE, Senator Wong called on the Labor Party to amend their national platform to reflect their core value of equality, and...
by Alex Greenwich | Nov 19, 2011 | Australian news, News
Penny Wong says equality should be a matter of policy – not a question of conscience – in an impassioned plea for the ALP to endorse same-sex marriage. The federal Finance Minister has rebuked the Prime Minister’s proposal that gay marriage be...
by Alex Greenwich | Nov 19, 2011 | Australian commentary
When my parents married in 1967, Australia was still dismantling the White Australia policy. While a marriage between a Chinese man from Malaysia, and an Australian from the Adelaide Hills was not illegal, it was certainly unusual. Nevertheless, bans on inter-racial...
by Alex Greenwich | Nov 17, 2011 | Australian commentary
There was a time, not all that long ago, when public attitudes to same-sex partnerships were based largely on ignorance, prejudice and misguided abidance of the law of the day. The phrase ”living in sin” didn’t apply just to de facto couples, but...
