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Australians have voiced their support for marriage equality with 61.6 per cent of people taking part in the marriage postal survey on marriage ticking the YES box on their survey forms. Every state has voted in favour of change. Support was strongest in the Australian Capital Territory where 74 per cent of people voted ‘Yes’. […]
Tags: Andrew Hastie, Ian Goodenough, Julie Bishop, Marriage, marriage equality, Same Sex Marriage, Western Australia
15 Nov 2017 /
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Western Australian Liberal Senator Dean Smith has confirmed that if Australia delivers a ‘Yes’ response when the results of the marriage postal survey are announced on Wednesday, he won’t be wasting any time introducing his marriage bill to parliament. Senator Smith announced he intends to introduce his marriage bill on Thursday. Senator Smith announced his […]
Tags: Cory Bernardi, Dean Smith, Ian Goodenough, Kevin Andrews, Marriage, Marriage Bill
12 Nov 2017 |
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Chief Executive Officer for Anglicare WA, Ian Carter, has responded to Western Australian Federal MP Ian Goodenough’s comments yesterday concerning legislation for same–sex marriage. The Liberal MP (pictured) has argued that organisations like Anglicare could face funding cuts if proposed changes to the marriage laws were introduced without significant protections for charity bodies linked to […]
Tags: Anglicare, Bisexual, gay, Ian Goodenough, Intersex, Lesbian, Marriage, queer, trans*, transgender
10 Nov 2017 |
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The growing dispute between Liberal MP’s over what legislation might be introduced to amend the marriage laws continues to be played out in the Australian media. The Equality campaign is widely tipped to win the postal survey when the results are announced on Wednesday morning. Conservative MPs are now pushing for their version of a […]
Tags: Andrew Probyn, Craig Laundy, Dean Smith, Eric Abetz, Ian Goodenough, Simon Birmingham
9 Nov 2017 |
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Liberal Senator Eric Abetz says he is still hopefully that the result of the marriage postal survey will be a win for the ‘No’ campaign, but if the Australian people have chosen to change the marriage laws he wants provisions for “conscientious objection” included in the marriage legislation. Speaking to The Guardian Australia, Senator Abetz […]
Tags: Andrew Hastie, Cory Bernardi, Eric Abetz, Ian Goodenough, Michael Sukkar
8 Nov 2017 |
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As the Turnbull government’s $120 million postal survey on marriage draws to a close, there is rising concern that the opponents of marriage equality will launch a new offensive against change, even if the majority of Australians indicate that they want same sex couples to have the right to wed. Will the bill that gets […]
Tags: Andrew Bolt, Anti Discrimination, Daisy Cousens, Eric Abetz, Ian Goodenough, Institute of Public Affairs, Marriage, marriage equality, Same Sex Marriage, Simon Breheny, Tiernan Brady, Tony Abbott
6 Nov 2017 |
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A Perth school girl has turned down an award, because it’s named after Liberal MP and anti-marriage equality campaigner Ian Goodenough. Teenager Grace Gouldstone was awarded the ‘Ian Goodenough award for positive attitude and contribution to the school’ trophy at Duncraig Senior High School last week, but today she’ll return it to the school because of […]
Tags: AusPol, Grace Gouldstone, Ian Goodenough, Liberal, Marriage, marriage eqaulity, postal survey, Same Sex Marriage
30 Oct 2017 |
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Former Prime Minister Tony Abbott is scheduled to deliver a speech to an anti-LGBTI group in the USA later this month. The Australian Financial Review have reported that the high-profile No campaigner will be making his second guest appearance in two years for the Alliance Defending Freedom. The ADF are a Christian group founded in […]
Tags: Alliance Defending Freedom, Andrew Hastie, Ian Goodenough, John Howard, Marriage, marriage equality, postal survey, Southern Poverty Law Centre, Tony Abbott, USA, World News, Zed Seselja
19 Oct 2017 |
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Labor will encourage the government to accept Dean Smith’s private members bill for marriage equality, should the marriage postal survey return a ‘yes’ result. The government has promised MPs will be allowed a conscience vote on the issue of marriage equality should the $120 million dollar postal survey exercise indicate that the Australian people support […]
Tags: Andrew Hastie, AusPol, Bisexual, Dean Smith, Eric Abetz, freedom of speech, gay marriage, Ian Goodenough, Intersex, John Howard, Labor, Lesbian, LGBT, LGBTI, LGBTIQ, Marriage, marriage equality, queer, religious freedom, trans*, transgender, Zed Seselja
17 Oct 2017 |
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A group of conservative MPs are rushing to create their own marriage bill in preparation for the ‘Yes’ case being successful in the national postal survey. The group, which includes WA Liberal Ian Goodenough and Andrew Hastie, are working on their own private members bill which will have greater protections for religious freedom than those […]
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2 Oct 2017 |
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