Pink seat election guide
We’ve pulled together a guide of Sydney’s three pinkest seats for Saturday’s federal election, plus a downloadable PDF of where the parties are directing their senate preferences.
The guide looks at the candidates in the seats of Sydney, Wentworth and Grayndler; the candidates; their stance on GLBTI issues and who to keep an eye on in the battle for votes.
Plus, there’s also a guide to known out candidates contesting seats in NSW.
Download our election guide in preparation for Saturday.
Paul,
You use your preferences.
You do NOT have to vote 1 for the lesser of the two evils, you just have to make sure that the lesser gets a lower number.
Greens 1, Sex Party 2, Labor somewhere between, Liberal and Family First last.
That makes MORE contribution.
Maybe the picture of Palin was there to tell us things could be a lot worse than a choice between Gillard and Abbott.
And why did a google ad “Sarah (Palin)for 2012?” pop up on this page?
There are more issues of concern in this election than same sex marriage; for instance the economy & employment rights. Although same sex marriage is a human rights issue, we should not lose sight of the fact that in this election there are realisticaly only two choices for prime minister, Gillard and Abbott. Imagine life in this country under Abbott as Prime Minister. If you do not want that outcome, ask yourself realistically how can I contribute that that not occurring. The answer is obvious. Although perhaps not ideal for the glbti community (or the Peoples Front of Judea), it is the lesser of two evils.
Rory, my point stands:-
Changing ALP policy to support same-sex marriage or civil unions will be because of people like Plibersek, Albanese, Danby and others. Similarly the Liberal party is far more likely to soften because of people like Malcolm Turnbull.
Growing and encouraging our supporters wherever they are makes more sense to me. I’m reserving my attacks for people who are fighting against us.
Ben, when did Tanya Plibersek become a supporter of same-sex marriage? I believe that would put her ministerial position at risk. She is bound to abide by the ALP’s homophobic stance, and she does.
Vote GREENS in the senate.They will hold the balance of power and force these idiots to pass gay marriage laws.We live in a country that just gets more and more behind in G+L rights.
You don’t support something by voting against it – if you vote against it, that means that you are against it.
If Anthony Albanese and Tanya Plibersek voted against gay marriage then they are against gay marriage.
Rob, you can’t condemn supporters of same-sex marriage like Plibersek and Albanese for abiding by the rules of their party – instead we need to get the ALP to change the policy – and it is people like Albo, Plibersek and Michael Danby who will lead that charge.
Both Plibersek and Albanese are mindless Labor Party hacks who toe the Labor Party line, and both have voted in support of banning same-sex marriage. Ask Plibersek why she is against same-sex marriage and all you get is the standard Labor mantra, as stated time and again by Gillard over the past few weeks
It’s nice that you think Albanese supports same-sex marriage in private – but his public actions are the opposite, and they are what count.
Labor MPs are obliged to follow party policy – and that currently is that marriage can only be between a man and a woman.
I spoke with Anthony Albanese (seat of Grayndler) before the last election outside Marrickville Shopping Centre and I grilled him pretty hard about gay rights. I can say (from my opinion) he is a genuine supporter of gay rights including gay marriage.
I know that openly that Labor is not supporting gay marriage before the election but I felt that Anthony was honest in his support of gay marriage and that he felt sorry and dissapointed that we had not already introduced this. These are things he’s probably not allowed to say publically to the media.
I know that the Greens are a strong force for gay marriage, but I would suggest that Grayndler isn’t the seat to outvote the Labor Party member to make this happen.
By all means vote Greens but probably not in the seat of Grayndler.
(I have not had the opportunity to ask Tanya Plipersek face to face about these issues, and I am not in her seat, so I can’t give my personal opinion about her reaction when asked about same-sex marriage).