The truth about Australia’s marriage equality campaign
Despite their pivotal roles in Australia’s marriage equality campaign, figures such as RODNEY CROOME AM, SHELLEY ARGENT OAM, IVAN HINTON-TEOH OAM and others have been …
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Sexual orientation and gender identity won’t count in 2021 census
When it comes to the sexual orientation and gender identity of Australians, it seems that our communities just don’t count. With the news that the …
‘Consent is a right often withheld from LGBTIQ+ people’: Melbourne’s inaugural Consent Festival
“We’re often excluded from sexual education or media depictions of healthy relationships.”
Over 3,000 same-sex weddings took place in the first six months of marriage equality
Fascinatingly, if not surprisingly, 99 per cent of all same-sex marriages conducted throughout the period were performed by civil celebrants rather than religious ones.
Nearly 80 per cent of Australians have returned their postal survey forms
The increase of 300,000 means that only around 1 in 5 have not returned their forms.
Postal survey response estimated at 77 per cent with a week to go
The second-last postal survey estimate before the November 7 deadline puts the return figure at 12.3 million.
Nearly 75 per cent of postal survey forms returned as official count begins
Roughly four million Australians have not yet responded to the survey.
Another 800,000 postal survey forms returned in the last week
The figure represents 67.5 per cent of the approximately 16 million eligible voters who were sent a survey form.
ABS says ten million Australians have now returned their postal surveys
The ABS has confirmed that 62.5 per cent of Australians have returned them.
Two thirds of new voters in the postal survey will be under 24
More than 65,000 new additions to the electoral roll are people aged between 18 – 24.