by Alex Greenwich | Jun 21, 2011 | Australian news, News
Queensland Premier Anna Bligh has signalled she will personally champion the push to legalise same-sex marriage. Ms Bligh last night also strengthened her language on the issue, saying marriage equality was “an issue of basic human rights and fairness”. The comments...
by Alex Greenwich | Jun 20, 2011 | Australian news, News
WA Opposition Leader Eric Ripper says he expects the majority of Labor delegates at Saturday’s Labor state conference to support his view that gay marriage should be allowed in Australia. Speaking ahead of this weekend’s state conference, the WA Opposition...
by Alex Greenwich | Jun 20, 2011 | AME media releases, News
Marriage equality advocates have welcomed support for the reform from WA Labor leader, Eric Ripper. Australian Marriage Equality National Convener, Alex Greenwich, said Mr Ripper joins almost all other states Labor leaders in supporting same-sex marriage. “We...
by Alex Greenwich | Jun 19, 2011 | Australian news, News
The Labor Party in Queensland passed a motion today calling on federal Labor and the ALP national conference to support same-sex marriage. Queensland branch president Andrew Dettmer said the move, if passed at national level, would end the last vestige of...
by Alex Greenwich | Jun 19, 2011 | AME media releases, News
The Queensland ALP State Conference has passed a motion calling on both the Federal Labor Party and ALP National Conference to support same-sex marriage. Prominent State Government Ministers supported and spoke in favour of the motion, including Treasurer Andrew...
