Civil union compromise a “cop-out”

Activists have again warned that introducing federal civil unions rather than marriage equality would be unacceptable to same-sex couples. The warning came as federal Liberal MP Warren Entsch reiterated he believes a civil unions scheme could pass federal parliament...

First submissions to inquiry published

The Senate’s Legal and Constitutional Committee into Senator Sarah Hanson-Young’s Marriage Equality Amendment Bill 2010 has published the first submissions it received from the general public and opponents are out in front. Twenty-five of the 46 submissions published...

Equality the message of 2012 Mardi Gras

Some wore sparkly costumes, some wore uniforms and others wore pretty much nothing at all, but all those who took part in this year’s gay and lesbian Mardi Gras were united by one message – equality. Organisers say more than 9,000 people marched in this...