by Jen | Nov 20, 2013 | Australian news, News
Australia’s Parliament has returned with Prime Minister Tony Abbott and newly-elected Labor Party leader Bill Shorten locking horns on boats, debt and the economy. On the issue of marriage equality, the Attorney-General Senator George Brandis has decided to take the...
by Carol Burger | Nov 8, 2013 | Uncategorized
LGBTI activists that want changes in law also need to change their tactics. After the election of the Abbott government some activists pushing for marriage for same-sex couples responded with vitriol. Some plastered capital cities with posters declaring “F*ck you Tony...
by Jen | Nov 6, 2013 | Australian news, News
The editors of the Sydney Morning Herald have called on Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott to allow his MPs to vote with their consciences on same-sex marriage following a senior Government minister saying he believes his party room should revisit the issue...
by Carol Burger | Nov 5, 2013 | Uncategorized
Sometimes someone changes the world for the better … one person at a time. A decade ago High Court judge Michael Kirby inspired the then confused, angry and suicidal sports journalist Andrew Webster to accept what he secretly knew: that he was gay. A grateful Webster...
by Carol Burger | Nov 4, 2013 | AME Talks, Australian news
Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull has called for a conscience vote on same-sex marriage, admitting that the matter is ”very likely” to come before Federal Parliament this term. The call, which accentuates the distance between the moderate Mr...
