Federal Liberal MP Andrew Laming has announced he will not contest the next election and will immediately step down from all of his parliamentary responsibilities to seek clinical support and undertake sensitivity training ordered by the Prime Minister. The Queenslander has faced a raft of accusations of inappropriate behaviour in recent days, including claims that […]
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28 Mar 2021 /
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The House of Representatives has finished the second reading of Senator Dean Smith’s Marriage Bill and progressed to discussing a series of proposed amendments to the legislation. Three days of speeches from over 100 members of parliament came to an end this morning. Among the hundreds of speeches that have been delivered over the last […]
Tags: Adam Bandt, alex hawke, Andrew Hastie, Andrew Laming, Dean Smith, Liberal, Marriage, Marriage Bill, marriage equality, Michael Sukkar, senator dean smith, The Greens, Tony Abbott
7 Dec 2017 |
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Coalition MP Andrew Laming has compared the government’s roll out of a postal plebiscite to a Hydra. Speaking on SKY News’ To The Point, the Queensland MP said while the senate had knocked back the compulsory attendance plebiscite, the government had been able to progress their postal plebiscite plan. The Queensland MP said it was like […]
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10 Aug 2017 |
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Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has dismissed concerns that the proposed postal survey to gauge the nation’s appetite for marriage equality will not have the legal protections of a regular election process. The government has announced that their postal plebiscite will be deployed by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), rather than the Australian Electoral Commission […]
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10 Aug 2017 |
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Today the High Court upheld a challenge against the federal government funding of school chaplains. Former Prime Minister John Howard first introduced the chaplaincy program in 2006, allowing schools to apply for $20,000 grants towards the employment of a school chaplain. Queensland man Ron Williams has twice challenged the funding arrangement, and won a challenge […]
Tags: Andrew Laming, chaplaincy program, Chaplains, High Court, John Howard, Louise Pratt, Ron Williams, Tony Abbott
19 Jun 2014 |
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