Reflecting Australia

Posted by AME National Convenor, Alex Greenwich, 11pm, 5.10.11 The “I Do” marriage equality ad released on Friday is this week’s most shared, viewed and discussed not-for-profit Youtube from Australia. As well as being hugely popular in Australia (it...

Katter brother boosts same-sex marriage

Support for same-sex marriage caught on fire after the openly gay brother of a conservative MP Bob Katter appeared on national television, the lobby group GetUp! says. The group presented a petition of more than 55,000 signatures to federal MPs on Wednesday, after...

MPs divided over same sex marriage

Federal MPs are still divided on the issue of same sex marriage, and so, it seems, are Australians. The Daily Telegraph reports in parliament this morning Greens MP Adam Bandt reported that following a survey of his electorate of Melbourne, only one of the 475...