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Double push for marriage
Australian Marriage Equality has launched two parliamentary petitions to remind politicians the demand for same-sex marriage isn't going away. AME national convenor Peter Furness said they were hoping for 10,000 signatures ... Read more
Tue August 11th, 2009 - 3 Comments
Expats contribute to marriage debate
Australian expatriates married or living in countries that allow same-sex marriage are being encouraged to contribute to the Senate marriage inquiry currently underway. We're calling on Australian same-sex partners married and ... Read more
Tue August 11th, 2009 - No Comments
Poll backs same-sex marriage
A new poll showing about 60 percent of Australians support same-sex marriage has prompted a new push for changes to the Federal Marriage Act. The Greens will next week introduce a ... Read more
Tue June 16th, 2009 - 25 Comments
New call for Rudd to recognise overseas gay marriage
Australia's marriage equality activists have reacted with disappointment to the 6 to 1 California Supreme Court decision to accept the voter-initiated Prop 8 ballot limiting marriage between a man and ... Read more
Thu May 28th, 2009 - 14 Comments
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Census to count gay marriages
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) plans to release data on same-sex couples who tick the -˜married' box on the 2011 national census. Previously same-sex couples who tried to declare a ... Read more
Tue May 12th, 2009 - 28 Comments
Labor’s gays miss out
Advocates of federal civil unions and same-sex marriage were dealt a blow with the release of the ALP's draft new policy platform on Monday which keeps the policy of state-based ... Read more
Wed April 8th, 2009 - 22 Comments
Nations united to support global gay and lesbian rights
By Lyndon Barnett In the days following July 19 2005, photographs of two teenage boys dangling by the neck in the ironically named Justice Square in Mashhad in north-eastern Iran permeated ... Read more
Wed March 4th, 2009 - 2 Comments
Rights discussion launched
Gay rights groups have welcomed the launch of a human rights consultation process as an opportunity to push for greater anti-discrimination laws. Attorney-General Robert McClelland yesterday appointed a committee to discuss ... Read more
Wed December 10th, 2008 - 5 Comments
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