Same-sex marriage to be legal soon – Greens

THE Greens believe same-sex marriage will be legal across the country by the end of the year. The Greens today will move to refer their 2010 bill supporting same-sex marriage to a Senate committee for investigation. “I am absolutely optimistic that we have a...

Gay marriage Senate inquiry welcomed

Marriage equality advocates have welcomed a Senate inquiry into marriage equality flagged today by Greens Senator, Sarah Hanson-Young. Australian Marriage Equality national convener, Alex Greenwich, said, “We believe a Senate inquiry is the winnable way...

Gay debate delayed to lift support

THE gay marriage debate in Parliament will be pushed back to later in the year to give advocates for change more time to garner enough support to have legislation for same sex marriage passed. Instead of the debate being held immediately – which would have seen...

Rodney Croome: Why another inquiry makes sense

Some people will inevitably ask, “why will there be another Senate marriage equality inquiry? Wasn’t the one in 2009 enough?” Unfortunately, the answer is “no”. The community response to the 2009 inquiry was overwhelming – 11,000 submissions from equality supporters...