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  • Family’s Centrelink benefits slashed Family’s Centrelink benefits slashed

    A gay father affected by Centrelink changes has labelled the legislative changes unfair if not counterbalanced with the right to adopt. After declaring his relationship of eight years, Clint Law, a ... Read more

    Tue August 25th, 2009 - 25 Comments

  • Making peace Making peace

    Years ago my toddler son used to sleep at the front door of the apartment I had moved out of to try and give the family space as I came ... Read more

    Tue August 25th, 2009 - 1 Comment

  • Same-sex parents to receive paid leave Same-sex parents to receive paid leave

    Same-sex parents will be eligible for the Labor Government's paid parental leave scheme provisions, which will allow primary carers up to eighteen weeks of leave after the birth of a ... Read more

    Tue May 12th, 2009 - 2 Comments

  • Barnardos calls for same-sex adoption Barnardos calls for same-sex adoption

    Adoption and foster care agencies were split over whether same-sex couples make good parents at the first day of a NSW inquiry on Tuesday. Barnardos, the only secular agency in NSW, ... Read more

    Wed February 25th, 2009 - 3 Comments

  • Time to adopt Time to adopt

    Last week the NSW Government announced an inquiry into same-sex adoption. This inquiry follows in the footsteps of reforms which made it easier for foster carers and step-parents to adopt ... Read more

    Wed December 3rd, 2008 - 1 Comment

  • No family left behind No family left behind

    Both sides of politics will support new amendments to the Rudd Government's equality reforms that reduce uncertainty for same-sex families. In the second major backdown since the equality bills were introduced, ... Read more

    Wed October 15th, 2008 - 6 Comments

  • Back talk with action Back talk with action

    This week the Australian Senate debated the first raft of same-sex reforms in light of the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee's final report on the bills. Unfortunately, the Senate ... Read more

    Wed October 15th, 2008 - No Comments

  • The S word The S word

    With the commencement of laws recognising lesbian co-mums two weeks ago, the majority of parents and children in our community are now legally recognised. As such, the GLRL's focus at ... Read more

    Wed October 8th, 2008 - No Comments

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