One Nation’s New South Wales leader, Mark Latham, has launched an attack on LGBTIQA+ politicians claiming they have too much influence and suggesting that members of the queer communities are better off than most Australians. The former federal Labor leader, who is now a member of the NSW parliament for the One Nation party, posted […]
The Australian Capital Territory have chosen Chief Minister Andrew Barr to govern the territory for another term. Barr and ACT Labor have secured 10 seats in the territory’s one house of Parliament, just shy of the 13 needed to form a majority government. The Greens have taken 5 seats, and may secure a sixth, all […]
The ACT’s Chief Minister Andrew Barr has labeled a robo-poll reportedly from anti-transgender organisation Binary as “offensive nonsense”. Barr took to his Twitter account on Monday night to condemn the automated phone survey as people in the ACT shared their thoughts on the receiving the poll. “Can confirm a burst of robo push-polling in Canberra […]
The Australian Capital Territory’s Labor government has announced it will ban gay conversion therapy. The announcement was made this week as the ACT released its Capital of Equality plan which outlines the ways the government will tackle disadvantages faced by LGBTIQ people over the next four years. Chief Minister Andrew Barr said the government would bring […]
Health Minister Roger Cook has told Triple J’s Hack program that he will review Western Australia’s laws to see if there is a need for legislation to protect people from so-called ‘gay conversion therapy’. Gay conversion therapy, or reparative therapy, is courses or counselling methodologies that claim they can alter a person’s sexuality, usually involving a desire […]
News Corp columnist and SKY News presenter Andrew Bolt has accused marriage equality activists of declaring “a war” on church leader Margaret Court over her views about marriage. The leader of Perth’s Victory life church was a guest on Bolt’s SKY News program on Monday night. On The Bolt Report the host said marriage equality activists were […]
Reverend Dr David Kim believes that LGBTI patients being treated for AIDS-related illness should pay for their own treatment at public hospitals. Rev Dr Kim, who ran for Fred Nile’s Christian Democratic Party in the recent ACT elections, commented on Facebook that he believes “The LGBTI patients of AIDS should not be freely treated at […]
The Australian Christian Lobby has launched a new campaign arguing that rainbow flags associated with the LGBT+ community should not be flown on public land. The ACL says the ACT government has made a poor decision by flying the rainbow flag along Commonwealth Avenue Bridge and Garema Place in Canberra. The group’s Managing Director Lyle Shelton said […]
Andrew Barr, the Chief Minister of the ACT has joined the growing number of high profile Labor politicians calling for the party to confirm a binding vote on marriage equality. Currently Labor MPs can choose whether or not to support marriage equality. The party’s official policy position is that they are for marriage equality but […]
Australian Capital Territory Chief Minister Andrew Barr introduced a portfolio for social inclusion and equality in the frontbench reshuffle. The move came as part of a number of new changes which emphasis on housing and urban renewal. Barr also reiterated his commitment to equality across Canberra’s social spectrum. “Sexuality is one area but not the […]
