by John | Feb 19, 2013 | Australian news, News
BALLARAT Liberal candidate John Fitzgibbon refused to state his views on same-sex marriage yesterday, despite the issue’s prominence on the political agenda. Mr Fitzgibbon said he believed Australia was in the early stages of debate about marriage equality and that...
by John | Feb 14, 2012 | Australian news, News
“AN issue whose time has come” was how Labor MP Stephen Jones yesterday described the need to legalise same-sex marriage in Australia. Introducing a private members’ bill calling for marriage equality into the Federal Parliament yesterday, Mr Jones said he believed...
by John | Dec 13, 2011 | Australian news, News
BALLARAT federal Labor MP Catherine King’s change of heart in supporting same-sex marriage has been welcomed by some Moorabool church leaders. Previously quoted as opposing changing the Marriage Act, she says she is now likely to support allowing same-sex marriage...
by Alex Greenwich | Nov 20, 2011 | Australian news, News
Ballarat MP Catherine King has gone silent on same-sex marriage, again refusing to tell constituents where she stands on the issue. Prime Minister Julia Gillard last week said federal Labor MPs and senators should be free to vote on same-sex marriage in parliament...
by John | Sep 5, 2011 | Australian commentary
Labor MPs agreed to find out what their constituents thought about same-sex marriage last year but some of them didn’t seem particularly interested in the results, writes Myriam Robin Almost a year ago, Greens MP Adam Bandt called “on all parliamentarians...
