Posts tagged Australian Labor Party

Saturday’s federal election saw a swing to the right in Victoria, but generally less so than the dramatic shift towards the Coalition in most other …

A senior ALP official who helped Kevin Rudd to power in 2007 has described same-sex marriage as “not normal” and urged conservative Christian voters to …

LGBTI advocacy groups have partnered to present an election forum later this month, where members of the community will be able to ask politicians from …

LGBTI advocacy groups have distributed a survey to the major political parties to determine their positions on a wide range of issues in the lead …

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd made a significant commitment to marriage quality in last night’s leadership debate against Opposition Leader Tony Abbott, promising to put the …

Kevin Rudd has been reinstated as leader of the Labor Party in a leadership spill on Wednesday. Caucus voted 57 to 45 in favour of …

It now seems likely that there will be no vote on marriage equality in the House of Representatives before the next Federal election, following a …

The uncertain result from the ACT election last weekend has thrown into doubt a pledge by Labor to introduce same-sex marriage into the territory.  It’s …

The Australian Christian Lobby (ACL) has partly blamed the issue of gay marriage for Labor’s loss in the Northern Territory election last week. Managing director …

Engineer Dr Mehreen Faruqi will contest the seat of Heffron for the Greens. Faruqi will take on Labor candidate and Botany Bay Mayor Ron Hoenig …