New NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian supports marriage equality
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THE newly-appointed Premier of New South Wales, Gladys Berejiklian, is a supporter of marriage equality – a position welcomed by advocates within the LGBTI community.
In 2015, she was on the record supporting same-sex marriage, despite the position being at odds with her Armenian Orthodox Church. In Parliament last year she described the 78ers as “heroes”.
Australian Marriage Equality co-chair Alex Greenwich thanked the new Premier for her support.
“Premier Berejiklian joins a growing number of Liberal Party leaders who support marriage equality, including Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Tasmanian Premier Will Hodgman,” he said.
“Leaders of all state and territory governments want the federal parliament to act on marriage equality and deliver this straightforward reform.
“This issue unites leaders across the political spectrum from NSW’ Berejiklian to the NT Labor Chief Minister Michael Gunner who all understand this is a straightforward issue of treating all Australians fairly.”
Co-chair of Australians for Equality, Anna Brown, said she’s committed to working with all levels of government and all political parties to get the legislation right and achieve marriage equality this year.
“The strong support from state and territory leaders represents the will of the Australian people who want us to move forward,” she said.
“To achieve marriage equality, all political parties must cross the aisle and work together.
“This is about civil marriage and allowing every Australian to have the same opportunities in life.”
Gladys Berejiklian was sworn in as the 45th NSW Premier after the former Premier Mike Baird resigned.
It is time for a massive change now in 2017. It is time for NSW to outlaw all revenge porn, hate crimes and conversion therapy on minors, fix the Barton, Newell and Great Western Highways and it is time for a Trump-style election both federally and within this state within 2019!
Both major parties are on the nose with all Australian voters! No more excuses and no more delays! No more slackers and no more Red and Green tape – such as horrible lockout laws, unreasonable trading hours on businesses, etc!
Reduce council sizes within the Sydney metropolitan area only and not regional areas! Bring back the death penalty for murder, domestic violence, terrorism and hate crimes! No more irresponsible budgets and no more jobs for the boys either! It is time to wake up and see what is going on out the window!
The age of the political-class entitlement is over and we really need to have back a fully responsible state and federal government and have zero corruption within both state and national governments!