by John | Dec 3, 2011 | Australian commentary
Odd perhaps to note this, given all the eulogising that Labor conferences deliver about Curtin, Chifley, Whitlam and the rest, but an interloper ghost hovers over this weekend’s federal ALP conference: John Howard. The two issues at the centre of the big policy...
by John | Dec 2, 2011 | Australian news, News
Prime Minister Julia Gillard has conceded the Australian Labor Party’s Left faction has the numbers to drive an historic change to the ALP’s platform on same-sex marriage and is seeking a deal to allow MPs a conscience vote on the floor of parliament. Ms...
by John | Dec 2, 2011 | Australian commentary
There is an iconic piece of 1960s TV footage from the civil rights movement in America, where a burley police officer raises his baton threateningly over the head of an anti-segregation campaigner in Selma, Alabama, when the protester looks the cop right in the eyes...
by John | Dec 2, 2011 | Australian news, News
NSW Labor leader John Robertson thrown his support behind same-sex marriage, saying it is a personal issue for him because his son is gay. Mr Robertson will address the ALP national conference on Saturday, when the debate on same-sex marriage is set to...
by John | Dec 2, 2011 | Australian news, News
Julia Gillard has ordered the Right faction to stop squabbling and let delegates vote as they wish on proposed changes to Labor’s policy platform concerning gay marriage. Ms Gillard’s intervention ensures that Labor’s platform will be changed to...
