by John | Mar 17, 2012 | Australian commentary, Take Action, Weblog
By Jacqui Tomlins, Melbourne-based marriage equality campaigner. Follow her blog here. It’s been an interesting couple of weeks in Marriage Equality land with some nice, and some nasty, stuff in the media – and not all of it coming from the places you’d expect. In my...
by John | Feb 26, 2012 | AME media releases, News
Below is a list of petitions currently running around Australia. If you don’t know your electorate, click here. To start a petition for your own electorate (not already listed), click here. For assistance with wording the petition to comply with parliamentary...
by John | Feb 20, 2012 | Australian commentary
By Jacqui Tomlins, Melbourne-based marriage equality campaigner. Follow her blog here. Last week I went to a benefit for the former Baptist minister from Lilydale, Matt Glover. Some of you might have read about him in The Age at the end of last year. In November, Matt...
by John | Feb 6, 2012 | Australian commentary
Here’s a thought… Imagine if one same sex couple took their cause up with their local MP and called on them to support Marriage Equality. Imagine if family, friends and colleagues got behind that couple and helped put pressure on that local MP. Imagine if the broader...
by John | Aug 31, 2011 | Australian news, News
SAME-SEX marriage is out, but civil unions could be in, says Higgins Liberal MP Kelly O’Dwyer. Ms O’Dwyer addressed Parliament on gay marriage last week, backing the Coalition’s position that marriage should be between a man and a woman, but said civil unions should...