by Jen | Nov 20, 2013 | Australian news, News
Australia’s Parliament has returned with Prime Minister Tony Abbott and newly-elected Labor Party leader Bill Shorten locking horns on boats, debt and the economy. On the issue of marriage equality, the Attorney-General Senator George Brandis has decided to take the...
by Jen | Nov 18, 2013 | Australian commentary, Australian news, News
Maya Newell writes about growing up a “gayby” with two lesbian mothers. When I was seven, my mother Liz and I walked into the local butcher’s shop to buy some offcuts for the dog. It was the only reason we ever visited the butcher’s as my other...
by Jen | Nov 18, 2013 | Australian commentary, Australian news, News
OPENING SHOT is back with new docos made by Aussie’s next generation filmmakers. First up, GROWING UP GAYBY follows director Maya Newell, herself raised by two mums, as she explores the impact of gay parenting. Series starts next Wednesday night (Wed 20/11) on...
by Jen | Nov 17, 2013 | Australian news, News
The Labor member for Maylands says she will introduce a private members bill into parliament next year to legalise same-sex marriage. Lisa Baker says the bill follows a resolution passed at the State Labor conference earlier this year, which calls for the party to...
by Jen | Nov 16, 2013 | Australian commentary, Australian news, News
G’day Fred, I suppose congratulations are in order for your triumph over the dark forces of homosexual love with the defeat of a bill to legalise same-sex marriage in NSW Parliament this week. You characterised it as “a great victory for marriage”,...
by Jen | Nov 16, 2013 | Australian news, News
Pro gay marriage supporters (from left) Rebecca Waller, Dwayne Sibraa and Zoe Hadler, will walk down Baylis Street on November 30 supporting marriage equality in response to a walk being run by a non-denominational community group that believes in the traditional...
