by Carol Burger | Nov 26, 2013 | Australian news, News
Quentin Bryce has publicly backed both an Australian republic and same-sex marriage. But still some wrongly insist that the Governor-General should be ‘above politics’, writes Mark Fletcher. Her Excellency the Honourable Quentin Bryce, Governor-General of...
by Jen | Nov 26, 2013 | Australian news, News
The federal parliament has failed to outlaw same-sex marriages, the ACT government has argued in a submission to the High Court of Australia. The ACT Legislative Assembly passed Australia’s first same-sex marriage law in October, prompting a High Court challenge by...
by Jen | Nov 25, 2013 | Australian news, News
US Ambassador to Australia John Berry held his first television interview in the country last week during which the recently-married diplomat discussed his wedding to his longterm partner, but politely refused to say whether Australia should legislate for marriage...
by Jen | Nov 24, 2013 | Australian news, News
About 200 supporters of same-sex marriage rallied under rainbow umbrellas in central Sydney as the ACT’s same-sex marriage laws are being challenged in the High Court by the government. The ACT’s gay marriage laws were to come into effect formally on...
by Jen | Nov 24, 2013 | Australian commentary, Australian news, News
Governor-General Quentin Bryce’s open support for same-sex marriage will be hugely influential across all voter groups, Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young says. Ms Bryce said during a lecture in Sydney on Friday she hoped for Australia to become a nation where...
by Jen | Nov 23, 2013 | Australian news, News
Governor-General Quentin Bryce has declared her support for same-sex marriage in a speech that veers dramatically from the tradition that vice-regal representatives avoid political controversy. She has also publicly embraced the vision of an Australian republic where...
