by Jen | Dec 7, 2013 | Australian news, News
Regardless of how the High Court rules next week on the validity of the ACT’s same-sex marriage law, marriage equality advocates know they have had an historic victory. Pictures of same sex-couples getting married in Canberra will be seen around Australia and...
by Jen | Oct 24, 2013 | AME media releases, News
In a case of square peg, round hole syndrome, the national research officer of Australian Christian political party FamilyVoice Australia has defended herself against a press release that has left people scratching their heads across the country. Ros Phillips sent a...
by Jen | Oct 24, 2013 | Australian news, News
Australia’s first legally recognised same-sex weddings are expected to take place as early as December, with gay couples able to start accessing paperwork from today. The ACT made history yesterday by becoming the first jurisdiction in the country to pass...
by Carol Burger | Oct 23, 2013 | AME Talks, Australian news
The Federal Government has confirmed it will go ahead with a High Court challenge after the ACT today became the first Australian jurisdiction to legalise same-sex marriage. The ACT Labor Government passed its Marriage Equality Same-Sex Bill in the Legislative...
by Jen | Oct 22, 2013 | Australian news, News
Same-Sex marriage has been legalised in the ACT in an Australian first. But the new laws, expected to see the first same-sex unions by December, are already headed for a High Court challenge by the Abbott Government. The ACT Legislature today passed the Marriage...