by Alex Greenwich | Nov 21, 2011 | Australian news, News
Labor’s Left faction will confront Julia Gillard at next month’s ALP national conference on the key policy areas of gay marriage, uranium sales to India and refugees, while also pushing her to go further on party reform. A meeting of 150 national Left...
by Alex Greenwich | Nov 20, 2011 | Australian commentary
It would be nice to believe that the prime minister is pushing for a conscience vote on gay marriage at Labor’s national conference because her own conscience has gotten the better of her on this issue. Unfortunately, nothing could be further from the truth....
by Alex Greenwich | Nov 20, 2011 | Australian commentary
Julia Gillard can be terribly modern, when it suits her. Here she is, Australia’s first female Prime Minister, a never-married atheist with a live-in lover. She expects, quite reasonably, that her life choices will be respected by others from all walks of life...
by Alex Greenwich | Nov 20, 2011 | Australian commentary
Last week, the Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, sought to take the heat out of the gay marriage issue. In an opinion piece in the Fairfax press, she announced she would offer Labor MPs a conscience vote if a private member’s bill was presented. In the same...
by Alex Greenwich | Nov 19, 2011 | AME media releases, News
Equality advocates have welcomed support for a Coalition conscience vote on marriage equality from several Coalition members including the Deputy Leader of the National Party, Barnaby Joyce. Senator Joyce, who opposes the reform, told the Sydney Morning Herald:...
