Lyle Shelton, spokesperson for the Coalition for Marriage and the Managing Director of the Australian Christian Lobby, has described marriage equality as “snobbery”. Speaking at an event in Coffs Harbour on Thursday night, Shelton told an audience that very few countries in the world had legislation to allow same sex couples to wed. “There’s only […]
Australian Conservatives leader Cory Bernardi has argued that any legislation to allow same sex marriage will have to be carefully considered by the parliament, and may take some time before it could actually become law. Last week Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull restated his belief that if the marriage postal survey returned a ‘yes’ vote, the […]
Actor Michael Caton has starred in many much loved Australian films and television programs. From Uncle Harry in The Sullivans to Ted Taylor in Packed to the Rafters, and starring roles in films like Strange Bedfellows, Last Cab to Darwin and the iconic Aussie film The Castle. Now the actor has made a short video explaining why he thinks the ‘Yes’ […]
The Equality Campaign today urged supporters of marriage equality to get their postal survey in the post box by October 27. “We are grateful for the millions who have voted and the tens of thousands of volunteers who have campaigned long and hard for all Australians to be given a fair go – but there […]
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is confident that if the winning result of the marriage postal survey is ‘Yes’, a private members bill allowing for marriage equality will be passed by the parliament before Christmas. The PM restated his belief that a bill could be passed in the final two weeks of parliament sitting in 2017 […]
Labor will encourage the government to accept Dean Smith’s private members bill for marriage equality, should the marriage postal survey return a ‘yes’ result. The government has promised MPs will be allowed a conscience vote on the issue of marriage equality should the $120 million dollar postal survey exercise indicate that the Australian people support […]
There are lots of elements that go into planning a successful wedding ceremony, the location, the date, the food, the DJ, the flowers, the cake, the gift registry, but the only element which is one hundred percent essential is the celebrant. We chatted to award winning marriage celebrant Andrew Pickering about the hundreds of weddings […]
The Equality Campaign has welcomed the announcement by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) today that a further 800,000 Australians have returned their marriage surveys. The ABS has released the latest return estimates from the 16 million survey forms sent out last month. With only 10 days remaining until the recommended deadline to get the […]
A new poll is showing that the ‘Yes’ campaign will win the marriage postal vote survey. The poll shows which states are likely to have the greatest level of support. A poll produced by Roy Morgan indicates a resounding win for the ‘Yes’ campaign with 61.5 per cent of Australians in favour and just 17.5 per […]
Alfie Arcuri has released a song supporting marriage equality. Love is Love was written by the winner of The Voice, who wanted to show his support for marriage equality. “The time has come for our voices to be heard. This is much greater than just marriage, this is about acceptance and human rights,” Arcuri said of Australia’s push for […]