Gay rights petition gets 32,000 supporters

MOUNT Isa gay rights activist James Newburrie has hit his target of 32,001 names on a petition to recognise gay marriage in Australia. Mr Newburrie started his campaign in September after Federal Member for Kennedy Bob Katter made comments deriding gay marriage as...

Independents dine with gay marriage supporters

THE four independent federal MPs – Rob Oakeshott, Tony Windsor, Bob Katter and Andrew Wilkie – will dine with supporters of marriage equality from their own electorates at Parliament House, Canberra on Monday night. The dinner was won by the lobby group Australian...

Marriage equality support grows in ALP

The Australian Labor Party’s national president will be a supporter of marriage equality, no matter who is elected. All six candidates — from both the Left and the Right of the party — support marriage equality. Transport Workers Union federal secretary Tony Sheldon...