The NSW Government has failed to provide even a definitive answer for same-sex couples who want to adopt, stating that legislation won’t change “at [...]
Posted on 08 January 2010.
The NSW Government has failed to provide even a definitive answer for same-sex couples who want to adopt, stating that legislation won’t change “at [...]
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Posted on 09 December 2009.
Last week the NSW Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby witnessed a week of political turmoil at the state and federal level, resulting in the [...]
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Posted on 12 August 2009.
The NSW Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby was pleased when the NSW Parliament Law and Justice Committee recommended abolishing current laws banning adoption by [...]
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Posted on 11 August 2009.
Queensland independent MP and ex-One Nation party member Dorothy Pratt has stood by her statements on same-sex adoption, claiming married heterosexual couples provide children [...]
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Posted on 09 July 2009.
Same-sex couples should be allowed to adopt, a NSW inquiry has recommended to the state government. The Adoption Act should be amended to allow [...]
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Posted on 23 June 2009.
The Tasmanian Government has introduced legislation which will give equal legal recognition to lesbian couples having children through IVF. The Relationships (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill [...]
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Posted on 26 May 2009.
On Tuesday, the Sydney Morning Herald reported Premier Nathan Rees had broached a deal with the Reverend Fred Nile to put gay adoption on [...]
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Posted on 04 March 2009.
Twelve-year-old Brenna Harding stared down conservative MPs David Clark and Fred Nile while giving evidence before the same-sex adoption inquiry. The daughter of Vicki [...]
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Posted on 25 February 2009.
Adoption and foster care agencies were split over whether same-sex couples make good parents at the first day of a NSW inquiry on Tuesday. [...]
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Posted on 18 February 2009.
The Queensland Government has introduced new discrimination against same-sex couples in state parenting legislation. Adoption was restricted to married couples only, but will now [...]
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