by Jen | May 4, 2013 | Australian commentary, Australian news, News
It’s inevitable, and we know it. Gay marriage will be legalised in Australia, maybe not before the cock crows thrice, but certainly in the near future. Opposition is entrenched in the influential nooks and crannies of our society like the whiff of something off in the...
by Jen | May 4, 2013 | Australian commentary, Australian news, News
Civil celebrant Ron Egeberg supports a conscience vote in parliament on gay marriage. PARLIAMENT should make a decision on same-sex marriage rather than holding a constitutional referendum, all of Ballarat’s federal election candidates believe. And local people in...
by Jen | May 4, 2013 | Australian commentary, Australian news, News
On his bike: Tony Abbott at the Pollie Peddle ride. Photo: Pat Scala Tony Abbott has doused expectations of any change on same-sex unions in the next Parliament, predicting that a significant majority of Coalition MPs will share his strong opposition to gay marriage....
by Jen | May 3, 2013 | Australian commentary, Australian Greens, Australian news, News, Supporters of Equality
In a wide-ranging interview with The Rainbow Reporter, Greens MP Adam Bandt talks about marriage equality, anti-discrimination legislation, the state of the Liberal party room and the scourge of reparative therapy. On marriage equality Bandt was hopeful, if not...
by Jen | May 3, 2013 | Australian commentary, Australian news, News
A GROWING group of Liberal MPs has seized on Tony Abbott’s change of language on gay marriage and believe they will have the support in the partyroom to win a conscience vote on the issue after the September election. Recent comments by the Opposition Leader...
by Jen | May 3, 2013 | Australian commentary, Australian news, News
Albury Hume Rotary Club president Peter Lee with former High Court judge Michael Kirby who officially launched the book by CSU constitutional law expert Bede Harris, right. Picture: TARA GOONAN GAY marriage should be voted on in parliament, not in a referendum, former...
