Posts tagged High Court

Pyne said he wouldn’t speculate on what could happen if the plan were struck down by the court.

The postal survey could be shut down because it falls outside the ordinary functions of the ABS and because there’s no legal basis for the $122 million funding.

The man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was diagnosed with HIV two years before starting a relationship with his partner.

Parents of trans children take their message for urgent law reform to Canberra.

The news comes after the state government also announced it would introduce legislation to allow gay men to expunge convictions of consensual homosexual acts before it was decriminalised.

Each issue, a prominent Australian shares their coming out tale. This month, former High Court judge, LGBTI advocate and man with the ear of the influential, Michael Kirby, tells Benedict Brook about the fear of growing up gay when homosexuality was illegal and the critical role bangers and mash played in welcoming his partner to the family.

As we look ahead to 2015, the Star Observer reflects — in no particular order — on some of the highs and lows of gay and lesbian news in 2014, and what had people around Australia talking.

THE Victorian opposition has called on the State Government to investigate the current legal status of gender recognition in Victoria, in the wake of a …

HEARTBROKEN after the High Court annulled their marriages late last week, couples who took part in Australia’s first-ever legally recognised same-sex weddings in the ACT …

THE High Court has unanimously struck down the Australian Capital Territory’s same-sex marriage legislation after declaring it unconstitutional. This means the 27 couples who wed …