by John | Nov 10, 2011 | Australian news, News
THE push for a compromise to defuse the gay marriage issue at next month’s ALP conference is facing resistance from the party’s Left. A Left convener, Doug Cameron, yesterday joined Mental Health Minister Mark Butler in saying that a conscience vote for...
by Alex Greenwich | May 23, 2011 | Australian news, News
Julia Gillard has played down the fact that the conference of Labor’s Victorian branch was unable to raise a quorum to debate same-sex marriage. But amid claims the party’s Right factions colluded to stymie the debate, the Prime Minister has also said she...
by Alex Greenwich | May 6, 2011 | Australian news, News
The government must deliver on ”bread-and-butter issues” to win voter support for more ambitious policy reforms such as pricing carbon and gay marriage, the Labor senator Doug Cameron says. In a ”Politics in the Pub” speech to be delivered in...