WA Senator leads gay marriage push

Western Australian Labor Senator Louise Pratt will lead negotiations surrounding gay marriage at next week’s ALP National Conference. ACT Deputy Chief Minister Andrew Barr will be working alongside Senator Pratt, representing both major factions within the Australian...

ABS criticised on same-sex marriage

Liberal Senator Eric Abetz has criticised the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) for recording same-sex marriages in census data. The ABS does not record such marriages as legal marriages but this year collected data on the number of same-sex couples who reported...