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    Drug dogs on the nose

    Sydney state MP Alex Greenwich has criticised the widespread use of police sniffer dogs and called for existing drugs laws to be scrutinised. Speaking in state Parliament last month, Greenwich criticised the heavy presence of sniffer dog...

    • Posted 27 days ago
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    No rain for our parade

      The weather held off and approximately 300,000 people lined Oxford and Flinders streets on Saturday night for the Sydney Mardi Gras Parade. Spectators watched 108 entry floats and groups, and 9,067 total participants in the 35th...

    • Posted 77 days ago
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    Mardi Gras Museum opens in Sydney

    The inaugural exhibition of Australia’s first gay and lesbian museum has officially opened. The Sydney Mardi Gras Museum Debut Exhibition, which launched on Oxford St on Tuesday, focuses on the history of the parade from its beginnings...

    • Posted 113 days ago
  • Gay schools program targeted

    The NSW government is resisting pressure to cancel a program that targets homophobia and transphobia in schools. The Proud Schools program, introduced by the Keneally Labor government in early 2011, aims to reduce homophobia in the schoolyard...

    • Posted 120 days ago
  • Government under fire for discrimination

    The NSW Government has been harshly criticised by leading HIV/AIDS organisations and state Sydney MP Alex Greenwich (pictured) for continuing to support the right of religious bodies to discriminate in their hiring practices.   In its submission...

    • Posted 128 days ago
  • State marriage equality push goes online

    The NSW cross-party parliamentary working group for marriage equality launched its official website on Wednesday. Independent Sydney MLA Alex Greenwich, who is in the working party, said the website would be a valuable tool in the push...

    • Posted 153 days ago
  • Give equality this Christmas

    Australian Marriage Equality (AME) have unveiled a new video encouraging people to talk about same-sex marriage around the Christmas dinner table this year. Launched Thursday, it’s accompanied by social media skins and e-cards that encourage conversations about...

    • Posted 154 days ago
  • Labor MP to marry same-sex partner

    South Australian MP Ian Hunter said he’s excited and overwhelmed to become the first Australian politician from a major party to marry his same-sex partner overseas next week. Hunter will wed his long-term partner Leith Semmens in...

    • Posted 161 days ago
  • Push for anti-bullying laws in NSW

    The Community Brave Foundation and independent NSW MP Alex Greenwich will lobby the NSW government to legislate anti-bullying laws similar to those used in other states. Greenwich told the Star Observer a law in Victoria, referred to...

    • Posted 164 days ago
  • Same-sex marriage inquiry announced

    The NSW premier has called for an inquiry into same-sex marriage legislation in the state. The announcement follows the establishment of a cross-party working group which is already investigating introducing same-sex marriage legislation into the NSW Parliament....

    • Posted 175 days ago
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