Carr commits Labor to LGBTI rights
The Labor Party has promised to uphold LGBTI rights in Australia’s foreign affairs after Foreign Minister Bob Carr signed a pledge on behalf of the …
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LGBTI rights on Australia’s agenda for Saint Petersburg G-20
Foreign Minister Bob Carr will raise Australia’s opposition to Russia’s “homosexual propaganda” law with President Vladimir Putin at the G-20 summit in Saint Petersburg. Despite …
Advocacy groups release national LGBTI election survey
LGBTI advocacy groups have distributed a survey to the major political parties to determine their positions on a wide range of issues in the lead …
Dreyfus confirms: LGBTI refugees bound for Papua
Australia’s chief law officer has refused to discuss anti-gay laws in Asia-Pacific nations bound to accept asylum seekers less than a fortnight after the federal …
GLRL: From Russia, and PNG, with (no) love
Justin Koonin is a co-convenor of the NSW Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby. On July 19, Foreign Minister Bob Carr issued a statement affirming …
OPINION: A sick joke
The following are Tweets from the account of Foreign Minister Bob Carr: “Meeting with members of #LGBTI community on making LGBTI rights a core foreign policy …
‘PNG solution’ places LGBTI asylum seekers in limbo
The federal government’s newly announced policy to transfer all asylum seekers arriving by boat to Papua New Guinea (PNG) for permanent resettlement has come under …