by John | Jun 12, 2012 | AME media releases, News
Advocates for marriage equality are disappointed that Prime Minister Julia Gillard continues to deny loving and committed same-sex couples the right to marry. Speaking on the ABC’s Q&A program last night the Ms Gillard said: “I think you can have a...
by John | Jun 12, 2012 | Australian news, News
PRIME Minister Julia Gillard has drawn on her own relationship to defend her opposition to same-sex marriage. Ms Gillard is not married to long-term partner Tim Mathieson but says that doesn’t mean they aren’t in a committed relationship. “I think...
by John | Jun 6, 2012 | Australian news, News
THE outgoing Greens senator, Bob Brown, has urged the Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, to change her public stance against gay marriage, saying the majority of Australians had shifted their views and she ought not to be pilloried for doing the same. In his final address...
by John | May 19, 2012 | Australian commentary
IT’S hard to imagine anyone in Australia actually believes Julia Gillard’s firm personal conviction is that marriage should only be between a man and a woman. A young woman raised in libertarian South Australia, Gillard moved to Melbourne and slotted into...
by John | May 14, 2012 | Australian commentary
Julia Gillard doesn’t get away with much these days. Last week she managed to alienate Sydney’s entire North Shore when she questioned its residents’ qualifications as ‘‘real people’’. She weathered relentless Coalition attacks over her handling of MP Craig Thomson...
