by Alex Greenwich | Oct 9, 2011 | Australian news, News
A parliamentary conscience vote on same-sex marriage is likely to be the compromise agreed at Labor’s national conference this year. All the Labor state and territory branches, except NSW, now support gay marriage after the Victorian Labor Party yesterday voted...
by John | Sep 30, 2011 | Australian commentary
In August, Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young wrote an opinion piece in The Age arguing that “the fight for marriage equality should be above party politics, which is a vital reason to give members of parliament a conscience vote on the matter.” Although...
by John | Aug 24, 2011 | Australian news, News
Prime Minister Julia Gillard has told gay advocates Labor bosses are not trying to avoid a robust debate on same-sex marriage at its December national conference. Whispers suggest Labor is stitching up a deal between its Left and Right factions to hold a conscience...
by John | Aug 22, 2011 | AME media releases, News
Equality advocates urge Labor to remove discriminatory policy against same s-x marriages before conscience vote is considered. Australia’s marriage equality advocates want the Labor Party’s National Conference to overturn the party’s current...
by John | Aug 22, 2011 | Australian news, News
LABOR’S factional leaders are poised to strike a deal to declare the vexed issue of same-sex marriage a conscience vote in order to defuse a potential brawl on the floor of December’s national conference. They fear a divisive debate on the issue would...
