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The opposition have criticised the government’s decision to allow controversial speaker Milo Yiannopoulos a visa to enter Australia for a speaking tour. Labor’s Shadow Foreign Minister Penny Wong said the government had only changed its stance after being pressured by right wing commentators. “I think we can decide who we want to come to Australia.” […]
Tags: Amanda Stoker, free speech, James Paterson, milo yiannopoulos, One Nation, Pauline Hanson, Penny Wong, Scott Morrison, Shayne Neumann, SKY News, Tim Wilson
10 Mar 2019 /
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Provocative speaker Milo Yiannopoulos will be allowed to enter Australia after Immigration Minister David Coleman stepped in to personally approve his Visa application, overriding the Department of Immigration’s advice. It is understood that the Minister was not satisfied with the reasons the department supplied for denying Yiannopoulos entry to Australia. His last tour of Australia […]
Tags: Amanda Stoker, Andrew Bolt, James Paterson, milo yiannopoulos, Tim Wilson
9 Mar 2019 |
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Father Frank Brennan, who sat on the government’s Ruddock Review looking into the issue of religious freedom in Australia, says he believes only minor changes are needed to Australia’s laws. In an address delivered to the Castan Centre’s Human Rights conference on Friday Father Brennan said he believed that only small changes would be needed […]
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22 Jul 2018 |
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A number of Liberal MPs are speaking out ahead of the long awaited release of the government’s Ruddock Review into Religious Freedom and calling for additional laws to protect people of faith. The Australian published an opinion piece over the weekend from Dan Teham, the Minister for Social Services. Tehan argues that the country needs to […]
Tags: Australian Christian Lobby, Dan Tehan, James Paterson, Martin Iles, Michael Sukkar, Religion, religious freedom, Same Sex Marriage
9 Jul 2018 |
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Liberal Senator James Paterson has spoken out against a proposal in the Labor party that would see a future Shorten government giving preference to businesses that don’t discriminate against LGBTIQ people. The proposal, which is up for debate at the party’s national conference in July, argues that government departments should give preference to suppliers “who ensure […]
Tags: Bill SHorten, James Paterson, Labor
28 Apr 2018 |
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Comedian Rhys Nicholson has shared that he was recently threatened with death while catching pubic transport in Melbourne. The comedian posted the story to his Twitter account sharing that on Friday night he’d been catching a train, wearing his headphones, when he noticed four men board the train. Soon one of the four began targeting […]
Tags: James Paterson, Malcolm Turnbull, Rhys Nicholson
18 Mar 2018 |
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The federal senate has spent the day arguing about Senator Dean Smith’s marriage bill. Working into the night the senators have addressed a large number of proposed amendments to the bill with each subsequent proposed changed knocked back. Five amendments put forward by Senator James Paterson and Senator David Fawcett have failed to gain support […]
Tags: AusPol, Eric Abetz, George Brandis, Ian MacDonald, James Paterson, Janet Rice, Marriage, Matt Canavan, Parliament, Penny Wong
28 Nov 2017 |
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Liberal Senator James Paterson has announced he is dropping his controversial marriage bill. The Victorian senator posted a statement to his Facebook page saying that it was clear that the majority of his colleagues supported Senator Dean Smith’s marriage bill. “I am very pleased with the strong “Yes” result today. At last, same sex couples […]
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15 Nov 2017 |
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Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has put his support behind Senator Dean Smith’s marriage bill saying the conservative bill put forward by Victorian Senator James Paterson has no prospect of becoming law. On the eve of the marriage postal survey results being announced, the Prime Minister said MPs would be free to suggest amendments on any […]
Tags: Dean Smith, James Paterson, Malcolm Turnbull, Marriage, marriage equality, postal survey, Same Sex Marriage
14 Nov 2017 |
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The Law Council of Australia has described the marriage bill proposed by Liberal Senator James Paterson as an “extraordinary and perilous” winding back of Australia’s anti-discrimination laws. Law Council of Australia President, Fiona McLeod SC, said while the Paterson Bill acknowledges concerns of those holding traditional views of marriage, it goes well beyond the issue […]
Tags: aupol, Dean Smith, Fiona McLeod, gay, Intersex, James Paterson, Law Council of Australia, Lesbian, LGBT, LGBTI, LGBTIQ, Liberal, Marriage, marriage equality, queer, Same Sex Marriage, traditional marriage, trans*, transgender
13 Nov 2017 |
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