Pauline Hanson suggests SSM could lead to polygamy and child marriages
Hanson’s rollercoaster speech took a bizarre turn when she compared the marriage debate to Indigenous rights and claimed Australia had an issue with “reverse racism”.
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September 20, 2018 Fraser Anning calls Safe Schools “sexually deviant propaganda” in speech
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September 10, 2018 Advocates will lobby Senate to block Scott Morrison’s push for religious freedoms
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August 29, 2018 ‘Scott Morrison is not on the side of the LGBTI community’: Louise Pratt
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August 22, 2018 NSW senator cites ‘same-sex marriage debate’ in cabinet resignation
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June 11, 2018 Marriage equality opponent Sophie York running for senate
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Labor Senator wants religious “mumbo jumbo” kept out of marriage debate
“We should not be here now debating marriage equality. It should have been law in this country some years ago.”
Eric Abetz says “same-sex marriage is not a human right” in wild Senate speech
“No voters are good, decent Australians. They voted for fairness.”
Coalition MPs accused of betrayal after compromising on Smith’s marriage bill
Debate over religious protections continues with the bill likely to pass the Senate this week.
Malcolm Roberts defends Hanson by calling burqa an ‘affront to homosexuals’
In a Lateline interview Roberts said he was “proud” of Hanson for the stunt.
Senators Dean Smith and Penny Wong move Chechnya motion
Gay and bisexual men have allegedly been detained, tortured, and even killed in concentration camps in the region.
Janet Rice’s motion on Chechnya shut down in Senate
The motion called on the government to work with other UN nations on a resolution and to be prepared to take queer refugees from Chechnya.
Senate’s marriage equality report condemns religious discrimination
Advocates have championed the report as providing a pathway to marriage equality in this parliament.
Liberal MPs to push for free vote on same-sex marriage
A handful of moderate Liberal MPs are hoping to hold a free vote as soon as March.
Senate told the ‘theft’ of equality from trans people needs to end
Advocates in the LGBTI community championed the recognition of trans identities during the Senate’s recent public hearing on marriage equality in Melbourne.