by Jen | Nov 15, 2013 | Australian news, News
A bill to legalize same-sex marriage in the Australian state of New South Wales has failed in a narrow vote of 19 to 21 New South Wales (NSW) has backed away from becoming the first Australian state to legalize same-sex marriage with Members of the state Legislative...
by Jen | Nov 14, 2013 | Australian news, News
The Federal Government has filed its submissions to the High Court in the challenge to the ACT’s same-sex marriage laws. Last month the ACT became the first jurisdiction in Australia to pass laws legalising same-sex marriages. The laws mean the first same-sex...
by Jen | Nov 14, 2013 | Australian news, News
The upper house of the NSW Parliament has narrowly voted down a bill to legalise same-sex marriage. Despite initial hopes the upper house would pass the legislation, MPs voted against it by 21 votes to 19 in the Legislative Council on Thursday afternoon. ‘There...
by Jen | Nov 14, 2013 | Australian news, News
Marriage equality advocates have renewed their federal campaign with a focus on cross-party cooperation following the narrow defeat of a same-sex marriage bill in the NSW Upper House. Australian Marriage Equality national director, Rodney Croome, said, “We...
by Jen | Nov 12, 2013 | Australian news, News
Those with university degrees and with higher incomes are significantly more likely to back marriage equality, the ABC’s Vote Compass research suggests. 573,444 people filled out the ABC’s online political poll ahead of the Federal Election – and newly-released...
by Carol Burger | Nov 8, 2013 | AME Talks, Australian commentary, Australian news
“This is about enhancing my human rights as a woman who wants to marry her partner” -Darlene Cox Darlene Cox and her partner Liz Holcombe are making plans to be the first women to say ‘I do’ under the ACT’s new same-sex marriage laws....
