by Jen | Mar 17, 2014 | AME media releases, Australian commentary, News
Advocates have welcomed the re-election of key marriage equality supporters to the South Australian parliament. Australian Marriage Equality, national director, Rodney Croome, said, “Ian Hunter has been one of Australia’s strongest marriage equality...
by Jen | Feb 22, 2014 | AME media releases, Australian commentary, News
Advocates have welcomed a poll showing a majority of South Australians want their state to take the lead on marriage equality. In a poll published in today’s Adelaide Advertiser, almost 60% of a sample of 2835 South Australians answered “yes” when...
by Carol Burger | Feb 22, 2014 | AME Talks, Australian commentary, Australian news
Most South Australians — including the two contestants for the position of Premier — think gay marriage should be legal. Of the more than 3200 responses to a Future SA question on whether gay marriage should be legal in SA, almost six in 10 said it should, while 41.6...
by Carol Burger | Jul 25, 2013 | AME Talks, Australian commentary, Australian news
A Labor backbencher’s bid to legalise gay marriage in South Australia has been defeated in the state’s lower house. Susan Close’s bill was defeated on Thursday after Liberal MPs opposed it on party lines, while Labor members were given a conscience...
by Carol Burger | Jul 25, 2013 | AME Talks, Australian commentary
A bill to legalise same-sex marriage in South Australia will be sabotaged by the state’s Labor government in an attempt to wedge the Liberal Party, gay rights advocates say. The government will force the bill to a vote today despite it not having the numbers to...
