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NSW Recognises Overseas Same Sex Marriages
In a landmark step forward in the fight for same sex marriage rights, legislation has been passed in New South Wales that would allow same sex couples who have been married overseas to have that legal...
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Penny Wong is Expecting a Second Child
Penny Wong, Labor’s Senate leader his just announced that she and her partner Sophie Allouache are expected their second child. The couple already have a three year old daughter named Alexandra. They...
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ACT Cricket Captain Kris Britt Engaged
Kris Britt, captain of the womens’ cricket team the ACT Meteors, accepted a marriage proposal from her girlfriend Nadine Hunt less than a week before Christmas. Hunt reportedly asked team coach Andrew...
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Activists Continue to Strive for Marriage Equality
Chris (left) and Ivan Hinton-Teoh on their wedding day in Canberra. Ten years after John Howard put in place legislation specifying that marriage could only take place between opposite sex couples, the...
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Marriage Equality Rally Speakers Revealed
Get Up! and Australian Marriage Equality have revealed who will be speaking at Perth’s massive rally for marriage equality on Sunday. Reverend Peter Emmanuel from St Andrews Anglican church in Subiaco...
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Love in Perth rally: Ivan Hinton-Teoh
Deputy Director of Australian Marriage Equality, Ivan Hinton-Teoh spoke from the heart at today’s rally for equality in Perth’s Russell Square. “I was that regional kid who struggled to come to terms...
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Rodney Croome: Asian concerns about Australian marriage are irrelevant
Australian Marriage Equality have dismissed as irrelevant the possibility, raised by Agriculture Minister, Barnaby Joyce, that Asian countries may see marriage equality as “decadent”. Joyce’s comment...
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Thousands brave rain for Perth marriage equality rally
Looming storm clouds and steady rain did not deter over 5,000 people from attending the Love in Perth rally in support of marriage equality. Russell Square in Northbridge was aglow with colourful...
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Watch the Videos: Love in Perth
Did you get to hear all the speeches at the Love in Perth rally earlier this month. If you were way down the back, or unable to make it to the rally, now you can watch all the speeches. Hear what...
View ArticleCatholic Archbishop warns marriage equality will diminish freedom
The Catholic Archbishop of Sydney has spoken out against marriage equality, warning that same-sex marriages could see an end of religious freedoms as institutions are “expected to toe the PC line.”...
View ArticleIvan Hinton-Teoh steps down from Australian Marriage Equality
Ivan Hinton-Teoh has reportedly announced he is stepping down from his role as Deputy Director of Australian Marriage Equality. Gay News Network made the announcement on Friday. Australian Marriage...
View ArticlePFLAG launch survey to gather LGBTIQ voices on marriage equality
Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays have joined forces with an up-and-coming LGBTIQ advocacy group called just.equal to create a survey gauging LGBTIQ support for a plebiscite on marriage equality...
View ArticleArchbishop Freier: Anglicans can accept yes vote in marriage plebiscite
Melbourne’s Anglican Archbishop Peter Freier has declared that the Anglican Church should be able to accept the wider population wanting to see marriage equality in civil marriages while maintaining...
View ArticleLGBTIQ community leaders call on MPs to vote against plebiscite
Nearly 200 LGBTIQ community leaders are calling on members of parliament to vote against plebiscite legislation and work together for a free vote on marriage equality. Community members from across...
View ArticleLiberal senator Dean Smith describes the plebiscite as “an abhorrent idea”
Western Australian Liberal Senator Dean Smith has described the government’s plebiscite proposal as “an abhorrent idea” and vowed not to support it. Senator Smith has told Fairfax Media that he’d...
View ArticleLGBTIQ Allies – Well-known Australians sign petition for marriage equality
Over one hundred well known Australian who identify as allies of the LGBTIQ community have signed a petition calling on the Australian government to drop its plan for a plebiscite on marriage. The...
View ArticleNew study shows trust in politicians plummeting
A new report from the Australian National University (ANU) has shown that Australian voters are rapidly losing trust in politicians and becoming disengaged from the political discourse. While...
View ArticleMarriage equality advocates keep up the pressure
Marriage equality activists are keeping up the pressure on politicians who support changing the marriage laws and those MPs who have yet to declare a position. Suggestions that some Liberal MPs were...
View ArticleAustralian Medical Association backs marriage equality
The Australian Medical Association (AMA) has added its voice to the many groups calling on the Turnbull government to legislate for marriage equality. Today the AMA will issue a new policy statement...
View ArticleStudy shows huge increase in support for LGBTI+ equality since 2005
Marriage equality advocates have noted that a national survey showing a dramatic increase in support for LGBTI+ equality shows that a plebiscite on marriage equality is unnecessary. The annual...
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