by Alex Greenwich | Nov 25, 2011 | Australian news, News
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...
by Alex Greenwich | Nov 18, 2011 | Australian news, News
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...
by Alex Greenwich | Jun 27, 2011 | Australian news, News
Labor same-sex marriage advocates have warned Julia Gillard not to stand in their way ahead of the party’s December national conference. Western Australia Labor became the latest branch of the party to back marriage equality, at its state conference on Saturday....
by Alex Greenwich | Apr 21, 2011 | Australian news, News
MPs in Perth and around Western Australia are hearing one overwhelming message from their constituents – “we don’t want same-sex couples to marry.” Out in Perth recently discovered their local Senators and Members of Parliament in the Australian Labor Party, Liberal...