Member for Coogee Bruce Notley-Smith became the first openly gay MP elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, but looks set to lose the historically Labor-held seat to Marjorie O’Neill.
The act currently exempts religious bodies from the state’s anti-discrimination legislation.
“We have got to stand up and speak out or the cause will be lost,” Gillian Triggs, Australian Human Rights Commissioner.
‘Clearly there is a significant cultural problem in a significant part of the NSW Police which must be addressed from the top down.’
A group of activists are worried the issue of marriage equality is being swept under the carpet and want to remind Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull that it’s still important for many people.
A packed public gallery burst into applause as the NSW Government apologised to the 78ers.
Some of the biggest names in Australia will feature in a wild, unscripted Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras show with Gretel Killeen’s Minister for Men
As schools and workplaces celebrate Wear It Purple day, actor Brenna Harding tells Star Observer how rainbow families will be the ones who suffer in the wake of criticism over acclaimed documentary Gayby Baby.
Coogee MP adds voice to growing chorus of politicians seeking an official admission that policing at the 1978 march was heavy-handed and arrests unnecessary.
Sydney’s Alex Greenwich and Newtown’s Jenny Leong talk to the Star Observer about their priorities for the gay community as “pink electorates” reject the major parties.
