Tag » same-sex parents
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

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 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

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
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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

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

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

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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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




