Gay issues dropped from roundtable
For the first time since the Rudd Government was elected, the quarterly roundtable meeting of federal, state and territory Attorneys-General had no progress on GLBTI, parenting and anti-discrimination reforms.
Last week’s Standing Committee of Attorneys General (SCAG) meeting in Alice Springs focused on topics including indigenous justice, organised crime, and violence against women and children.
However, ongoing reforms being conducted as part of SCAG include harmonising state laws governing surrogacy, anti-discrimination and vilification.
Earlier this year the group launched the National Anti-Discrimination Information Gateway website www.antidiscrimination.gov.au as the first step towards harmonising the inconsistent laws. The website describes the different complaint systems people can access as a stopgap measure.
A working group is still considering a surrogacy discussion paper prepared by the Australian Health Ministers Conference.
Pressure is also on South Australia to refer powers governing same-sex and de facto couples to the Federal Government, giving them access to the Family Court of Australia.
Typical from a ultra-homophobe named John Hatzistergos!!!
Seems like the only time the major parties want anything to do with the LBGTQI people is during the lead up to elections. Core promises? Nope .. just promise you anything to get you to vote for them .. then shuffle you off to the side until the next set of promises.
The solution? Don’t vote for parties … vote for a person. Remember, the primary objective of a politician is to get elected. NOTHING ELSE MATTERS.
Kevin Rudd has failed us again with no Federal Direction on these issues. So far he has refused to give us any Federal Anti-Discrimination protection, and no vilification protection. Has sought to stop and frustrate debate on these issues. He has only offered defacto status that means super companies can still discriminate.
Instead, Mr Rudd finds time to help promote Hate Groups such as the Australian Christian Lobby. Some members of the Lobby say we are a cancer and need to be eradicated. During the debate on same sex marriage the head of the ALC told many lies about our community. Jim Wallace said only 2pecent of us do not cheat around so we should never have the right to Marry. Kevin Rudd went along with this.
It is clear Kevin Rudd and Federal Labor seeks to vilify us through its open support of hate groups. Kevin Rudd is even the keynote speaker for the ALC, giving legitimacy to the lies they have told about us. He is helping them with a conference on “The Children” and keeping them safe from people who are gay or lesbian, and helping to define and strengthen families.
We need federal leadership to stop some States acting like complete bastards. We do not have this leadership in Federal Labor. They have changed some laws due to the left faction but Federal Labor is operated by the extreme right. Many people still lack supper protection, custody protection for there children, job protection, and vilification protection for no other reason other then there sexuality.
As I have said before we can only judge our governments by what they actually do for us. We cannot act on “if” or “possibly by then”, or other acts of faith such as “maybe”. We need action, and core promises. Kevin Rudd now has the power, and is using it not to help us, but promote his own perverse views about people in our community, and strengthen Hate Groups such as the Australian Christian Lobby.
I don’t think this is the man to deal with States denying us rights. He will not go an bat for us. He will instead do nothing but promote Hate Groups.