by Alex Greenwich | Jun 16, 2011 | Australian news, News
Julia Gillard will host a dinner for three gay couples who will push her to support same-sex marriage, after activist groups GetUp! and Australian Marriage Equality won a charity auction at last night’s federal press gallery Midwinter Ball. GetUp! raised $31,100...
by Alex Greenwich | Jun 15, 2011 | AME media releases, News
As part of the Federal Press Gallery’s Mid-Winter Ball Charity Auction, GetUp and Australian Marriage Equality bid for and won dinner at The Lodge with Julia Gillard – a prize they intend to give to couples in same-sex relationships, to make the case for marriage...
by Alex Greenwich | Jun 15, 2011 | Australian news, News
Independent federal MP Andrew Wilkie has called on the Government to lift a bureaucratic barrier which prevents same-sex couples from marrying overseas. Some countries require couples to provide a Certificate of No-Impediment to Marriage (CNI) from their home country...
by Alex Greenwich | Jun 14, 2011 | Australian commentary
In this article published on published on Crikey.com Rodney Croome looks at why the Government is blocking overseas same-sex marriages: As well as not allowing same-sex couples to marry in Australia, the Gillard government does its best to block Australians from...
by Alex Greenwich | Jun 14, 2011 | AME media releases, News
Gillard rationale for discrimination dismissed as furphy Partner speaks out after Portuguese marriage blocked by Aus Gov’t Independent MP, Andrew Wilkie, has labelled the Government’s attempt to stop gay and lesbian Australians from legally marrying...
