by John | Dec 2, 2011 | Australian commentary
The National Union of Workers is holding firm to its decision to back the ALP National Left to avoid the prime minister’s conscience vote on gay marriage, despite suggestions from the party’s Right that they had “binded” on the issue. A senior NUW source at the...
by John | Dec 2, 2011 | AME media releases, News
GetUp and Australian Marriage Equality have today presented a massive pro-marriage equality petition of over 140,000 signatures to the Labor Party National Conference. “This petition confirms what polls already show – Australians say “I Do” to marriage equality,”...
by John | Dec 2, 2011 | Australian news, News
Opposition Leader Tony Abbott says the coalition’s position on same sex-marriage is unaltered and the question of a change to the Marriage Act is only academic at this stage. The Australian Labor Party national conference will on Saturday debate the issue of...
by John | Dec 2, 2011 | Australian news, News
Division within the Labor party over gay marriage has intensified ahead of today’s ALP conference, with the convenor of the Right faction declaring it will vote as a bloc to back the Prime Minister’s call for a conscience vote. It looks likely Labor will...
by John | Dec 2, 2011 | Australian news, News
LABOR Party factional leaders have been forced to rally behind Julia Gillard in a bid to avert a disastrous rejection of her position on gay marriage on the floor of this weekend’s party conference. With the Left increasingly confident it has the numbers to...
