by John | Jan 30, 2012 | Australian news, News
A Union heavyweight has taken a swipe at efforts to destabilise Throsby MP Stephen Jones ahead of his historic private member’s bill to legalise same-sex marriage. Australian Workers’ Union (AWU) branch secretary Andy Gillespie yesterday said the...
by John | Jan 30, 2012 | Australian news, News
A national television commercial featuring parents and grandparents talking about why they want marriage equality will screen across the country from today, as advocates dismissed the latest call from the likes of Liberal MP Warren Entsch for a national civil union...
by John | Jan 30, 2012 | Australian news, News
Media release – Parents & Friends of Lesbians & Gays 30 January 2012 “Mr. Abbott, please allow my gay son/lesbian daughter the right to marriage equality”. A new TV advert that airs from today features real Australian families are calling on Mr. Abbott...
by John | Jan 30, 2012 | AME media releases, News
Marriage equality advocates have dismissed moves for a national civil union scheme as “unnecessary, damaging and impractical”. They were responding to reports that Coalition whip, Warren Entsch, and his government counterpart, Joel Fitzgibbon, are drafting...
by John | Jan 30, 2012 | Australian news, News
CHIEF government Whip Joel Fitzgibbon and his opposition counterpart, Warren Entsch, have discussed jointly sponsoring legislation for same-sex civil unions amid speculation any move for full marriage equality will fail. Mr Entsch, a longtime parliamentary campaigner...