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One Nation candidate warns of Nazi style covert gay mind control program

One Nation candidate warns of Nazi style covert gay mind control program

Does the LGBTI community use a secret Nazi style mind control program? The strange and odd beliefs of One Nation’s political candidates continue. The party’s Bateman candidate has previously claimed that the gay community covertly uses a Nazi styled mind control program to convince people to support marriage equality. Michelle Meyers, was initially announced as […]

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New Zealand to remove historic gay convictions

New Zealand to remove historic gay convictions

New Zealand will follow the United Kingdom and several Australian states by removing historical convictions for gay offences. Apologising to people who had been convicted, New Zealand’s Justice minister Amy Adams said people convicted of indecency, sodomy or providing a place for homosexual acts would have their criminal records wiped. The government has ruled out any […]

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Loton Park celebrates its centenary

Loton Park Tennis Club marked their centenary and celebrated the completion of their recent renovations with an afternoon tea that reflected on the club’s long history. Premier Colin Barnett attended the event alongside local politicians Eleni Evangel MLA and Michael Sutherland MLA, and the Mayor of Vincent John Carey. Barnett said Perth was lucky to […]

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Michael Mischin now supports removing historical convictions

Michael Mischin now supports removing historical convictions

Western Australia’s Attorney General Michael Mischin has spoken about the government’s work towards remove historical convictions for gay offences. Mischin told RTRFM’s The Mag that he was preparing a proposal for cabinet to consider. The AG said he’d personally changed his stance on how the issue should be addressed. Previously Mischin had brushed off calls for the […]

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Isle of Man will introduce gay pardon law

Isle of Man will introduce gay pardon law

The Isle of Man has announced it will be moving forward with plans to pardon historical convictions for gay offences. The former Home Affairs Minister, Juan Waterson, has indicated he’s pushing for the pardon’s to be included in a new sexual offences act that will be open for public consultation before the end of the […]

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WA Labor promises to quash historic convictions for LGBTI people

WA Labor promises to quash historic convictions for LGBTI people

WA Labor leader Mark McGowan has announced that if he wins next year’s state election he’ll introduce legislation to quash historical convictions for LGBTI people convicted of crimes that would not be illegal today. Labor said WA legislation lags behind other states when it comes to correcting past discrimination against LGBTI people. Earlier this year […]

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Rainbow Rights WA call on state government to erase past LGBTI+ convictions

Rainbow Rights WA call on state government to erase past LGBTI+ convictions

Newly formed LGBTI+ rights organisation Rainbow Rights WA have penned an open letter to Premier Colin Barnett urging the government to quash historical criminal convictions and apologise to the LGBTI+ people affected by discriminatory laws. In 1990, Western Australia removed laws that criminalised homosexuality but the convictions already delivered remain today on the records of many […]

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Greens urge Premier to tell PM there should be no plebiscite

Greens urge Premier to tell PM there should be no plebiscite

Western Australian Greens MLC Lynn MacLaren is urging Premier Colin Barnett to advise his Liberal colleagues in Canberra against holding a plebiscite. MacLaren’s call comes as Barnett recently told media he believes there is no need for a plebiscite, and that he is disappointed a public vote may coincide with the 2017 state election in WA. “I’ve […]

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Colin Barnett not happy plebiscite may overlap state election

Colin Barnett not happy plebiscite may overlap state election

  Western Australian Premier Colin Barnett is not overjoyed that the plebiscite on marriage equality may overlap the campaign for the state election. There has been speculation that the plebiscite will not be held until February 2017. The federal government has confirmed that the Australian Electoral Commission has given them advice that it’s not possible […]

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Just when in February is the plebiscite likely to be?

Just when in February is the plebiscite likely to be?

They say there’s never a perfect date for anything. No matter if you’re organising dinner with a bunch of friends, your annual holidays, a dance party or an expensive national plebiscite – it’s going to clash with something. With news that the plebiscite is most likely going to be held in February 2017, the $160 […]

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