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Unions called in to marriage fight
In a bid to swell support, Parents and Friends of Lesbians And Gays (PFLAG) has called on trade unions to support same-sex marriage. Although union support remains patchy, PFLAG national convenor ... Read more
Wed February 10th, 2010 - 4 Comments
Government fails on Uganda at CHOGM
The Australian Government failed to confront Uganda at last month’s Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Trinidad and Tobago over the Anti-Homosexuality Bill currently before Uganda’s parliament. The EU, Britain, ... Read more
Wed December 16th, 2009 - 14 Comments
Rudd to honour Christian Lobby
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd will be the keynote speaker at the Australian Christian Lobby's (ACL) annual conference in November. Catholic Archbishop of Sydney George Pell and a range of experts on ... Read more
Tue August 18th, 2009 - 10 Comments
Marriage negotiations continue
ALP national conference, day 1 Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has been forced to clarify reports he would reject an ALP National Conference decision this week if it supported a shift to ... Read more
Thu July 30th, 2009 - 16 Comments
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Rudd attempts to mute marriage issue
UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE Australian Rainbow Labor spokesperson, Matthew Loader has responded in the wake of Kevin Rudd's comments the party won't be budged on the gay marriage issue. This is exactly ... Read more
Thu July 30th, 2009 - 11 Comments
Union president’s marriage campaign
Marriage equality has at least one union boss on its side ahead of this month's ALP national conference. National Union of Students president David Barrow is openly gay and campaigning for ... Read more
Tue July 21st, 2009 - 2 Comments
Hitching to get married
On August 1 my partner and I will be milling, loitering and woolgathering for same-sex marriage. It's not that we wish to get married; at least I don't think so. ... Read more
Tue July 21st, 2009 - 7 Comments
Labor takes on Prime Minister
A South Australian Labor MP has broken party ranks on gay marriage and called on Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to engage in debate on marriage equality. Hot on the heels of ... Read more
Tue June 23rd, 2009 - 8 Comments
Fiscal rectitude
It has been a political week. First, Kevin Rudd announced his promised emissions trading scheme would not start next year after all. It will ease itself in -” like an ... Read more
Thu May 14th, 2009 - No Comments
Last week was the 12-month anniversary of Kevin Rudd's 2020 Summit, and people are asking if anything has come out of all that back-patting and grandstanding. Apparently, nine hundred ideas ... Read more
Tue April 28th, 2009 - 1 Comment
The audacity of courage
On British Prime Minister Gordon Brown's recent visit to Washington, he presented President Obama with a first edition, seven volume biography of Winston Churchill and a pen holder carved from ... Read more
Wed March 25th, 2009 - No Comments
Trans travellers get new passports
The Rudd Government has reinstated gender-neutral identity documents and passports to help transgender people travelling overseas for surgery. The decision follows an Administrative Appeals Tribunal ruling last year that transgender married ... Read more
Wed March 18th, 2009 - 2 Comments
Gay pensioner schemozzle…Vanessa is appalled
By Vanessa Wagner It seems Kevin 09 is not mighty fine when it comes to grandfathering or protecting our gay elders from what could seriously be outright abuse -” since when ... Read more
Wed March 4th, 2009 - 1 Comment
He’ll make you feel like dancing
It's not often the Australian Prime Minister finds himself upstaged, but that's what happened at a citizenship ceremony in Canberra this Australia Day. Kevin Rudd was on hand to congratulate ... Read more
Wed February 25th, 2009 - No Comments
Senior gays to fight change
Noel Tovey has had an extraordinary life by anyone's standards. Now 75, the acclaimed director, dancer and West End choreographer who has worked with the likes of Judy Garland, Vera ... Read more
Wed January 21st, 2009 - 11 Comments
Moore pushes pensions
Sydney Lord Mayor Clover Moore has called on the Rudd Government to disclose how many gays and lesbians will be affected by changes to pension entitlements following the introduction of ... Read more
Wed January 21st, 2009 - No Comments
Internet censorship expands
The Rudd Government's internet censorship scheme could wipe out illegal online sharing of gay and lesbian films under new expanded filters. Live trials of the censorship scheme were due to begin ... Read more
Thu January 8th, 2009 - 23 Comments
Rights bill demands our vigilance
Many in the community will like the sound of a bill of rights for Australia. But a bad bill could potentially be worse for us than none at all. GLBT lobby ... Read more
Wed December 17th, 2008 - 24 Comments
Marriage stance dogs ministers
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and his ministers cannot escape public backlash over the same-sex marriage ban when fronting the media to talk about their new climate change proposals. Rudd appeared on ... Read more
Wed August 6th, 2008 - No Comments
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Tony, please think before speaking
You have to feel sorry for Tony Abbott. He has been criticised for speaking without thinking, in his comments on women’s virginity, and on homosexuality “challenging orthodox notions of the right order of things”. The ... Read more
Talk to us, Tony
Manly Liberal MP Mike Baird has “strongly recommended” Opposition leader Tony Abbott break his ... Read more
Talk to us, Tony
Manly Liberal MP Mike Baird has “strongly recommended” Opposition leader Tony Abbott break his ... Read more
Gabbing with Glambert
Appropriately for someone whose goth-glam appearance is the subject of much tabloid fodder, out-and-proud ... Read more
Court rules in favour of trans teen
Transgender rights advocates have welcomed a Family Court decision to allow a trans teenager ... Read more
Police apologise to Blacktown victims
Police will do by better by gay and lesbian victims of crime, NSW’s top ... Read more