OPINION: State your case, don’t shout it
Maeve Marsden & Maxine Kauter As the news and the hangover sank in on September 8, we received a Facebook invitation to attend an URGENT …
Posts tagged election 2013
Rural LGBTI communities rally in Indi
Support from the LGBTI community in North-East Victoria has helped drive the unlikely campaign by independent Cathy McGowan to a win in the federal seat …
OPINION: The challenges ahead
The election of a Coalition government with Tony Abbott as Prime Minister will pose its challenges for advocates of LGBTI rights, but there are enough …
Bowen and Nile in preferencing stitch-up
Federal Labor MP and former Treasurer Chris Bowen (pictured) is refusing to respond to reports that he engaged in a preference deal with Fred Nile’s …
Queer students threatened with arrest over Abbott shirts
Student and queer activists were threatened with arrest this afternoon after security at Macquarie University claimed that the t-shirts they were wearing and selling, emblazoned …
Election results in Victoria a mixed bag
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 …
OPINION: Abbott is elected. Where to next?
Tony Abbott is our new Prime Minister. In what was a convincing (although not smashing) victory, Abbott has led the Coalition to at least three …
LGBTI community responds to Abbott election victory
Though the election of Coalition leader Tony Abbott as Australia’s 28th prime minister has caused concern amongst some sections of the LGBTI community, marriage equality …
ELECTION 2013: A Star Observer wrap-up
With the 2013 federal election campaign finally drawing to a close, it is worth looking back over the last three years to gain some perspective. …
ELECTION OPINION: Marriage equality wins this election
Rodney Croome is the National Convenor of Australian Marriage Equality. There has never been a better opportunity to vote for love. On September 7 your …