by Alex Greenwich | Jun 20, 2011 | AME media releases, News
Marriage equality advocates have welcomed support for the reform from WA Labor leader, Eric Ripper. Australian Marriage Equality National Convener, Alex Greenwich, said Mr Ripper joins almost all other states Labor leaders in supporting same-sex marriage. “We...
by Alex Greenwich | Jun 20, 2011 | Australian news, News
A Christian lobby group fears the Federal Government could join the Queensland Labor Party and back same-sex marriage. The state conference of the ALP’s Queensland branch yesterday passed a motion calling on both federal Labor and the ALP national conference to...
by Alex Greenwich | Jun 20, 2011 | Australian commentary
Jacqui Tomlins writes, it’s time to get over this and move on: My partner, Sarah, and I have good cause to want to have dinner with the Prime Minister. It was our marriage in Canada in 2003 that prompted the Howard government to amend the Marriage Act to exclude...
by Alex Greenwich | Jun 19, 2011 | Australian news, News
The Labor Party in Queensland passed a motion today calling on federal Labor and the ALP national conference to support same-sex marriage. Queensland branch president Andrew Dettmer said the move, if passed at national level, would end the last vestige of...
by Alex Greenwich | Jun 19, 2011 | AME media releases, News
The Queensland ALP State Conference has passed a motion calling on both the Federal Labor Party and ALP National Conference to support same-sex marriage. Prominent State Government Ministers supported and spoke in favour of the motion, including Treasurer Andrew...
