by Jen | Oct 22, 2013 | Australian news, News
The ACT government has scrambled to amend its same-sex marriage bill in a last-minute bid to safeguard the historic law from being struck down by the High Court. But marriage equality advocates were warning the government on Monday night that the bill was likely to be...
by Jen | Oct 21, 2013 | Australian news, News
The ACT Government will amend its same-sex marriage legislation to give it more chance of surviving a High Court challenge. The Government plans to pass a bill legalising gay marriage tomorrow with the support of Greens MLA Shane Rattenbury. But some pro-marriage...
by Jen | Oct 21, 2013 | AME media releases, News
Marriage equality advocates have welcomed moves by the ACT Government to strengthen its same-sex marriage legislation. ACT Attorney-General, Simon Corbell, today announced amendments that will help ensure the Bill has a better chance of surviving a High Court...
by Carol Burger | Oct 10, 2013 | AME Talks, Australian news
The ACT could experience a wedding boom by Christmas if it passes a law allowing same-sex marriage. But Commonwealth Attorney-General George Brandis warns it may be distressing for same-sex couples if, encouraged to use the law, their marriages are later invalidated...
by Carol Burger | Oct 10, 2013 | AME Talks, Australian news, Uncategorized
The federal government has confirmed it will challenge the ACT’s same-sex marriage laws in the High Court as soon as they are passed. “I’m not surprised but I’m disappointed that there is a failure to acknowledge that this fundamental matter of inequality needs...