by Carol Burger | Aug 27, 2014 | AME media releases, AME Talks
Australian Human Rights Commissioner, Tim Wilson, will investigate allegations of systemic anti-gay discrimination in a major Australian union following a letter of complaint from key LGBTI community advocates. Australian Marriage Equality National Director, Rodney...
by Carol Burger | Aug 25, 2014 | AME media releases, AME Talks
Marriage equality advocates have issued a plea to a Senate inquiry to respect the marriages of Australian couples married overseas. At a hearing into a Greens’ bill that would recognise overseas same-sex marriages, Australian Marriage Equality national director,...
by Carol Burger | Aug 25, 2014 | AME Talks, Australian news, Uncategorized
Hundreds of Australian same-sex-couples have married in New Zealand since marriage equality laws came into effect a year ago. In the first 12 months, 926 same-sex couples have tied the knot in New Zealand, according to the New Zealand registry of marriages. Of those,...
by Carol Burger | Aug 24, 2014 | AME media releases
Marriage equality advocates have welcomed today’s Queensland State Labor conference’s decision that all Labor MPs should uphold the party’s pro-marriage equality policy. A motion calling on all Labor MPs to vote for marriage equality was passed...
by Carol Burger | Aug 22, 2014 | Uncategorized
DID you hear the one about the married couple who loved each other so much they were forced to divorce? About the couple who had been through challenging times but had persevered and their vows remained intact? Only to find the government forced them to divorce...