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  • NSW to get relationship register NSW to get relationship register

    Same-sex couples in NSW will finally have access to a state relationship register. NSW Attorney-General John Hatzistergos yesterday announced Government plans to establish state-based registers along the lines of those in ... Read more

    Wed February 24th, 2010 - 22 Comments

  • Gay adoption report delayed Gay adoption report delayed

    A final report into the NSW same-sex adoption inquiry has been postponed after the NSW Attorney General intervened in an Administrative Decisions Tribunal decision. The highly anticipated report was due ... Read more

    Tue May 5th, 2009 - 2 Comments

  • Steps towards anti-discrimination reform Steps towards anti-discrimination reform

    A promise to unify the country's anti-discrimination laws took a step forward at a meeting of the country's attorneys-general last week. Two web-based services have been established to bring together all ... Read more

    Tue April 21st, 2009 - 3 Comments

  • States under register pressure States under register pressure

    NSW and other non-compliant states will face renewed federal pressure to introduce same-sex relationship registries at tomorrow's national meeting of attorneys-general. The quarterly meeting's agenda is officially confidential, but federal Attorney-General ... Read more

    Tue April 14th, 2009 - 18 Comments

  • National surrogacy plan coming National surrogacy plan coming

    Same-sex parents of children born by surrogates could soon be able to apply for legal recognition on birth certificates, following a call from the Standing Committee of Attorneys-General for a ... Read more

    Wed January 28th, 2009 - 1 Comment

  • Beat stabbing ‘wasn’t gay panic’ Beat stabbing ‘wasn’t gay panic’

    The manslaughter conviction of a schoolboy for the fatal stabbing of Gerard Fleming wasn't downgraded because of a homosexual provocation defence, NSW Attorney General John Hatzistergos has said. Acknowledging community concerns ... Read more

    Wed January 28th, 2009 - 6 Comments

  • NSW Labor bloodletting a boost for gays NSW Labor bloodletting a boost for gays

    Key gay and lesbian community supporters were among the big winners in the bloodletting that saw a major reshuffle of the NSW Government. The unanimous election of Carmel Tebbutt as deputy ... Read more

    Wed September 10th, 2008 - 4 Comments

  • Registers face new threat Registers face new threat

    Liberal senators have again pushed for a plan to invalidate existing and planned state and territory relationship registers. The petition tabled by Queensland Senator Sue Boyce called on marriage to be ... Read more

    Wed September 3rd, 2008 - 6 Comments

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