by Alex Greenwich | Apr 17, 2013 | AME media releases, Australian commentary, News, Overseas marriages & Australian civil unions
Media Release Wednesday April 17th 2013 Media conference scheduled for 11am tomorrow morning (details below) Australian marriage equality advocates say the achievement of marriage equality in New Zealand this evening will be a game changer in Australia. Australian...
by Alex Greenwich | Apr 16, 2013 | News, Overseas commentary, Overseas marriages & Australian civil unions, World news
New Zealand is ready to make gay marriage legal with parliament set to vote on the issue tomorrow (17 April). The proposal to amend the country’s 1955 Marriage Act has been well received, and includes backing from Prime Minister John Key, the Global Post reports....
by John | Sep 27, 2012 | Overseas commentary
The Marriage Amendment Bill aims to amend marriage legislation to ensure gay couples are not treated in “a discriminatory manner”. It has passed its first reading and is now open for submissions from the public. In our next piece in a series of opinions,...
by John | Aug 30, 2012 | News, World news
The New Zealand Parliament has given strong support to a bill which would make same-sex marriage legal. The Marriage Amendment Bill has passed its first reading in parliament, 80 votes to 40. Continue reading… Further coverage: NZ’s Prime Minister...
by John | Aug 27, 2012 | News, World news
A bill to legalise same-sex marriage in New Zealand would get through its first stage according to a poll run by that country’s Herald newspaper. The poll found a slight majority of 61 MPs would at least want the Private Member’s Bill to go on to the...
