by Alex Greenwich | Aug 23, 2011 | AME media releases, News
In an Australian first, marriage equality advocates have met Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, to put their case for reform. At Parliament House this evening the Prime Minister met a range of advocates for reform to hear their views and to answer their questions about...
by Alex Greenwich | Aug 7, 2011 | Australian commentary
Tensions are simmering in the rocky civil union between Julia Gillard and Bob Brown. The two principle irritants in the relationship are Tasmanian forests and gay marriage. The Prime Minister is due in Tasmania this weekend where she will be confronted on both issues....
by Alex Greenwich | Aug 1, 2011 | Australian commentary, Australian news, News
In Brisbane last Wednesday, 25 middle-aged and elderly parents met the Attorney-General, Robert McClelland. They came from all over Queensland and were of various political persuasions. Their common bond was that all had a gay child and they wanted that child to have...
by Alex Greenwich | Jul 26, 2011 | Australian commentary
Leave it to a woman who wears a meat dress to put Australia’s volatile political landscape into perspective writes Phil Scott: Two women spoke up on the issue of same-sex marriage recently, and they were both gaga. The first was Lady Gaga, the internationally famous...
by Alex Greenwich | Jul 13, 2011 | Events
Come and meet Sandy and Louise, one of the couples, who thanks to GetUP and AME, will soon have dinner with Julia Gillard to discuss marriage equality. Sandy and Louise will be the special guests at a forum on Saturday July 23rd at the Bank Hotel in Newtown. They will...
