Ad to pressure Abbott on same-sex marriage

PARENTS and grandparents will appeal directly to Opposition Leader Tony Abbott to allow their gay and lesbian children to marry, in a television commercial which will air nationally from today. The advertisement, organised by the Parents and Friends of Lesbians and...

Same-sex inquiry ‘will convince doubters’

A Senate inquiry into same-sex marriage will allow the public to make their views heard on a proposal to amend the Marriage Act and is “a winnable way forward” for the issue, advocates say. The Australian Greens announced on Tuesday they would refer their...