The NSW government is “on the same page” as the Victorian government, according to NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard, who said he would monitor the enactment of the ban over the next year.
Alex Greenwich, who has been lobbying for the extension, tweeted, “One night is not enough. I’ll keep pushing for the Mardi Gras festival to be exempt from the lockouts.”
Forster also said easing the laws for a week would be an effective trial of an eventual permanent removal of the 1:30am lockout.
The flyer insists that “it is not anti-LGBTQI propaganda but simply the facts about ‘Safe Schools’ and similar programs”.
Bruce Notley-Smith, who has become the first ever openly gay MP to take on the role of speaker in the NSW Parliament, says, “horse has bolted,” on civil partnerships.
Shayne Mallard may well be the only Liberal politician to have married his same-sex partner, but the newly-minted NSW upper house MP says Canberra should focus on marriage equality while Macquarie St gets on with building the state.
On the eve of the NSW state election, Premier Mike Baird talks to the Star Observer about why LGBTI voters should trust the Liberals but reasserts his opposition to marriage equality.
Coogee state Liberal MP Bruce Notley-Smith has represented his electorate since 2011. In that short time he has achieved much for the LGBTI community, but here he shares a personal story of his early days as a young gay man, set against the brackdrop of Sydney’s early Mardi Gras years.
Attack from Australia’s first openly-gay federal parliamentarian criticised by Labor who say only they can deliver LGBTI law reform.
