by John | Dec 5, 2011 | Australian commentary
ANALYSIS: LGBTI rights advocate and Australian Marriage Equality Campaign Director Rodney Croome on how we move forward with gay marriage movement with a Labor conscience vote? Achieving marriage equality is beginning to feel like the mythical Labours of Hercules. No...
by John | Dec 5, 2011 | Australian news, News
THE adoption of marriage equality as part of the Australian Labor Party platform has been welcomed by Ballarat politicians and community members as a long-overdue recognition of human rights. Government members will be granted a conscience vote on the issue when a...
by John | Dec 4, 2011 | Australian news, News
A DAY after the Labor Party defied its Prime Minister and voted to change its platform to allow gay marriage, Defence Minister Stephen Smith has called on Tony Abbott to explain why he won’t allow Coalition MPs a conscience vote on the issue. Mr Smith, who...
by John | Dec 4, 2011 | Australian news, News
Coalition MPs will be given a chance to speak openly on gay marriage inside the party room, but Opposition Leader Tony Abbott hasn’t yet said if they will be given a conscience vote. The ALP national conference on Saturday voted in favour of changing the...
by John | Dec 4, 2011 | Australian news, News
STEPHEN Symond and Ed Smith’s decision to wed as a gay couple has nothing to do with politics. The couple say they are not making a political statement, nor are they trying to create a movement they’re getting married because they love each other. Symond,...
