Tasmanian Senator Eric Abetz has said it will be too difficulty for the government to hold the plebiscite on marriage equality before the end of the year. Speaking to ABC radio earlier today Senator Abetz said the plebiscite legislation would need to go through proper processes and it was unlikely that it would be completed […]
South Australian Liberal Senator Cory Bernardi has called on his colleagues to “take a deep breath” after Saturday’s federal election and put the brakes on the timetable for a plebiscite on marriage equality. With the government hoping to scrape back in for a second term Senator Bernardi told The Guardian that it was time for […]
Last night Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull was confident that his government would be returned and would be able to form a majority government, despite predictions that the result will be a hung parliament. This morning the PM’s confidence seemed to have adjusted to the reality of the situation as he told reporters that he was […]
Support for marriage equality has reached 70% according to the latest Fairfax-Ipsos poll. The survey has revealed that regardless of political affiliation supporters of all major party’s are in favour of change. The poll released today shows a clear majority of Australians across every political party support equal access to civil marriage for lesbian and […]
As the votes are counting on Saturday night one of the most closely watched seats in Western Australia will be the inner city seat of Perth. With Labor’s Alannah MacTiernan stepping down after just one term in the federal parliament, high profile lawyer Tim Hammond is Labor’s candidate, business identity Jeremy Quinn is the Liberal’s […]
Could Fred Nile’s Christian Democrats party pick up a WA senate seat in the election? The right wing party has picked up the first spot on senate ballot paper, a position which often seen party receive a higher than expected number of votes. The increased vote is due to people just caring about who they […]
Former Prime Minister John Howard has made a series of comments about the potability of marriage equality being introduced into Australia and has said religious freedom needs to be protected. Speaking to The Guardian the former Liberal leader said there must be protections for people who are affected in a tangential way. “I do think […]
The Australian Sex Party has released their 2016 election campaign advertisement with a warning that it “smite offend some people.” The satirical video shows a priest singing a list of things that the Catholic Church does to make the “world less good.” Performed to the tune of ‘The Candyman’, ‘The Vatican Can’ highlights the negative […]
Liberal senator Cory Bernardi has denied the Prime Minister has spoken to him about homophobia despite the PM telling the ABC’s ‘Q&A’ program that they had had “firm conversations”. In his online newsletter the South Australian senator said he’d been smeared by the ABC and an audience member who asked why the PM had not […]
Singer Darren Hayes has published an open letter to Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull pleading with him to cancel the marriage equality plebiscite. The Savage Garden singer argues that the $160 million set aside could be better spent on more important issues like health care. “You are about to waste 160 million hard earned Australian tax […]
