by John | Mar 2, 2013 | Australian news, News, Overseas marriages & Australian civil unions
AS Sydney prepares for the 35th Mardi Gras parade, the Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) has called on the federal government to better address legal discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people. “There is no...
by John | Mar 2, 2013 | Australian news, News, Overseas marriages & Australian civil unions
The New Zealand MP sponsoring a bill to legalise homosexual marriage says eventually Pacific Island people will come to accept the idea. Opposition Labour Party MP Louisa Wall says while there is widespread opposition to gay marriage from Pacific church leaders, many...
by Jay | Mar 1, 2013 | Australian commentary, Australian news, News, Politicians, Where do the parties stand, Who supports equality
Jo Richardson and Jac Charlesworth of Kingston Beach with 3 year old son Marty. THE campaign for same-sex marriage is back in full swing, with activists hoping to play a decisive role in Legislative Council elections. They plan to distribute how-to-vote cards to every...
by John | Feb 27, 2013 | Australian news, News, Overseas marriages & Australian civil unions
Talkshow superstar Ellen DeGeneres is set to visit Australia next month – and if she meets Julia Gillard, she knows what she’d say. Chatting to the Australian Women’s Weekly on the topic of marriage equality, the Hollywood powerhouse welcomed plans to meet our Prime...
by John | Feb 20, 2013 | Australian news, News
BAIRNSDALE residents angry about an editorial in their local newspaper that uses inverted commas around the word ”gay” have started a petition, arguing the punctuation marks imply that homosexuality is ”a wacky theory”. The editorial ”A...
by John | Feb 19, 2013 | Australian news, News
BALLARAT Liberal candidate John Fitzgibbon refused to state his views on same-sex marriage yesterday, despite the issue’s prominence on the political agenda. Mr Fitzgibbon said he believed Australia was in the early stages of debate about marriage equality and that...
