by Carol Burger | Feb 25, 2014 | Uncategorized
Today, Labor’s federal party room endorsed my proposal to bring a Bill to the Parliament to legislate for marriage equality,” Federal Opposition Deputy Leader Tanya Plibersek has announced this morning. “Marriage equality’s time has well and truly come,” she says in a...
by Jen | Feb 22, 2014 | AME media releases, Australian commentary, News
Advocates have welcomed a poll showing a majority of South Australians want their state to take the lead on marriage equality. In a poll published in today’s Adelaide Advertiser, almost 60% of a sample of 2835 South Australians answered “yes” when...
by Jen | Jan 14, 2014 | Australian commentary, Australian news, News
The majority of the Australian electorate supports the idea, other Western democracies have been changing their marriage laws apace, and just last month the High Court confirmed that our government has the constitutional power to legislate for same-sex marriage. It...
by Carol Burger | Dec 27, 2013 | AME Talks, Australian news
Following every twist and turn of the marriage equality campaign in Australia, it’s been a massive year for the biggest local political campaign page on Facebook. Read more here (Source: SameSame)
by Jen | Dec 23, 2013 | Australian news, News
Same-sex marriage advocates have drawn up a hit list of about 70 federal politicians, including Foreign Minister Julie Bishop and Treasurer Joe Hockey, who they think could be persuaded to change their position on marriage equality in the new year. Read more (Source:...