Victorian Liberals Look To Delay Vote On Gay Conversion Ban
The Liberal Party in Victoria want the Dan Andrews government to delay the vote on the bill banning conversion practices that seek to change a …
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Meet Reason Party Candidate Ethan Mileikowski
18-year-old Ethan Mileikowski has lived in Glen Eira his whole life, and loves the local community. Passionate about well-developed evidenced-based policy as well as a …
Sex Workers Call For COVID-19 Clarification
Earlier this year the Victorian State Government launched an inquiry into its response to the COVID-19 pandemic. One thing was clear from the outset, in …
Victorian LGBTQI vilification bill gets parliamentary inquiry
Victoria’s Andrews Labor Government has sent Reason leader Fiona Patten’s Racial and Religious Tolerance Amendment Bill to a parliamentary inquiry that must report back before …
Tanya Plibersek added to line-up for Dolly Diamond’s Blankety Blanks in Melbourne
“Everyone rises to the occasion, and that’s what I like.”
Fiona Patten calls Victorian Liberals hypocrites for supporting anti-sex work reforms
Patten challenged the party to hold a straw poll to show how many of its members were clients of sex workers themselves.
South Australia celebrates while Victoria disappoints on trans laws
SA keeps removing discriminatory laws against LGBTI people, while Victoria faced defeat on key pieces of legislation
Victorian upper house passes adoption equality, but votes to allow religious exemptions
Adoption equality for gay and lesbian parents was passed in Victorian Parliament by an overwhelming majority of upper house MPs, but the clause preventing religious discrimination was removed from the bill.
Victoria repeals section 19A to reduce HIV stigma in law
THE repeal of Section 19A of the Victorian Crimes Act, specifically criminalising the transmission of HIV, has passed the upper house of the Victorian Parliament …
Victorian MPs launch state-first LGBTI parliamentary friendship group
VICTORIAN MPs have launched the state’s first Parliamentary Friendship Group for LGBTI Victorians, with politicians from all major parties and the cross-bench attending the first …