by John | Aug 10, 2011 | AME media releases, News
Marriage equality advocates have welcomed support for reform from the next Premier of South Australia, Jay Weatherill. At a media conference in Adelaide yesterday Mr Weatherill said “I’ve always been a supporter of same-sex couple marriage,”...
by John | Aug 9, 2011 | AME media releases, News
Australian marriage equality advocates have welcomed a statement from federal Finance Minister, Senator Penny Wong, that she and her partner, Sophie Allouache, are expecting a child, and say it highlights how out-of-step the ban on same-sex marriages has become....
by John | Aug 8, 2011 | Australian news, Labor Party, News
A father speaking about his gay son inspired a standing ovation at the weekend’s ALP state conference. Peter Moore, of Burnie, spoke about his youngest son, Robbie, to lend support to a motion for marriage equality. Mr Moore, 67, said two years ago he would...
by Alex Greenwich | Jun 16, 2011 | AME media releases, News
Australian Marriage Equality has welcomed the passage of marriage equality legislation through the New State Assembly saying strong support for the issue from State Governor, Andrew Cuomo, and his fellow Democrats puts pressure on Julia Gillard and the Australian...
by Alex Greenwich | May 23, 2011 | Australian news, News
Julia Gillard has played down the fact that the conference of Labor’s Victorian branch was unable to raise a quorum to debate same-sex marriage. But amid claims the party’s Right factions colluded to stymie the debate, the Prime Minister has also said she...
