The Australian Electoral Commission has asked the Court to declare the election of senators for WA in the recent federal election void. The three-person Australian Electoral Commission today authorised the Electoral Commissioner to lodge a petition with the Court of Disputed Returns. The petition seeks an order from the Court that the WA Senate election […]
The question of who will represent Western Australia in the upper house of the federal remains unanswered as the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) announce that they have lost some of the votes from the original count. The first count of the senate election saw Labor’s Louise Pratt and Zhenya ‘Dio’ Wang from the Palmer United […]
Bill Shorten has been proclaimed the new leader of the Australian Labor party following a month of campaigning. Shorten narrowly beat friendly rival Anthony Albanese to the party’s top job. Mr Shorten won the majority support of the caucus, while Mr Alabanese gained more support from the rank and file membership. Mr Shorten is the […]
The Australian Electoral Commission has ordered a recount of votes for the WA Senate race following a series of appeals against the result. The initial appeal for a recount lodged by Senator Scott Ludlum from The Greens and Australian Sports Party candidate Wayne Dropulich were turned down by Peter Kramer the Australian Electoral Officer for […]
The results of the WA senate race have been officially announced. The final tally sees Labor Senator Louise Pratt retain her seat, while The Greens Scott Ludlum has not been successful. On election night it looked like Labor’s sitting member Louise Pratt would be out of a job but has counting continued over the last […]
When all the new parliamentarians next sit down in Canberra there will be more in support of marriage equality than prior to the election. Rodney Croome, the Convener of Marriage Equality Australia has been crunching the numbers and has worked out that after the election there are more politicians in the chamber for same sex […]
OPINION International news reports describe the coalition’s win and the rise of Tony Abbott to the highest office in the land as a major step backwards for the marriage equality movement. But how long will the new Prime Minister be able to ignore the majority of Australians who disagree with him? Within hours of the […]
Yesterday former Prime Minister John Howard labeled marriage equality as “nonsense” and proclaimed that children are better off in heterosexual marriages. The former Prime Minister has been on the Liberal’s campaign trail and shows no change in his position towards the marriage question. Yesterday Mr Howard was campaigning in the seat of Hindmarsh in South […]
The Greens senator Scott Ludlum has described the call for marriage equality as a long struggle. Speaking at the Equal Love Rally earlier today Senator Ludlum highlighted the recent change of position by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on the topic of marriage equality as a major achievement for the marriage equality movement. “The political ground […]
A large show of support for given for marriage equality with a march around Perth’s city centre.
