Brisbane Pride Festival celebrated one hell of a 25th birthday party over the weekend. It witnessed several firsts, including the highest level of political representation and support ever, the involvement of uniformed emergency service officers, record crowd numbers, and a surprise appearance from Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk.
Continuing to mark a year of milestones, the Brisbane Pride Festival rally and march will be opened and led by the state’s Deputy Premier and Brisbane Lord Mayor for the first time in its 25-year history.
Forty parents have travelled to the national capital to protest at the lack of a free vote on marriage equality as a cross-party bill is debated and despatched in less than 10 minutes.
Leichhardt federal Liberal-National MP Warren Entsch’s bill makes it to the floor of the house but unlikely to get much further with conscience vote blocked by Coalition.
The backlash on the Abbott Government for the failure to adopt a conscience vote on marriage equality continues.
AFTER almost six hours of debate, the Coalition’s party room meeting this evening has reportedly failed to adopt a free vote on future marriage equality legislation …
MARRIAGE equality advocates have cautiously welcomed a breakthrough in Canberra today after a Liberal party room meeting reportedly saw the issue of a conscience vote raised, …
Canberra Airport lit up in rainbow colours, greeting politicians after a busy weekend that saw thousands attend nationwide rallies calling for the legislation of gay marriage.
Star Observer speaks to Pat O’Neill, the new Labor and openly-gay candidate for the federal electorate of Brisbane.
OPPONENTS of marriage equality are “desperate” to delay by “any justification”, according to advocates responding to attacks by a number of Liberal MPs on the …
