by John | Jan 23, 2012 | Australian news, News
LIBERAL leader Tony Abbott told senior colleagues last year he would allow MPs a free vote on same-sex marriage legislation — but then changed his mind. The Australian has learnt that in the aftermath of the Labor Party conference decision to back a conscience...
by John | Jan 11, 2012 | Australian news, News
BRENDAN TREMBATH: Last month the Australian Labor Party voted to change its policy and support gay marriage. But South Australia’s only openly gay MP is so pessimistic about the pace of change that he is still organising to get married overseas. Continue reading...
by John | Jan 11, 2012 | Australian news, News
JAGAJAGA federal Labor MP Jenny Macklin has thrown her support behind the push for same-sex marriage. Ms Macklin said she voted in favour of the change at the ALP’s national conference in Sydney last month, after Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced Labor MPs had...
by John | Jan 5, 2012 | Australian news, News
THE Labor MP who will introduce a bill to legalise same-sex marriage has promised to meet marriage equality advocates to formulate a strategy to give his proposals the greatest chance of success. Backbencher Stephen Jones’s pledge, on Melbourne gay radio station...
by John | Jan 3, 2012 | Australian commentary
Marriage equality is too serious an issue to play political games with and too important an issue to be set up to fail. This is why supporters of the reform want calm heads to prevail and for the bill to be introduced at the right time. It’s important the Labor Party...
