On Thursday night the Queensland parliament passed a new law that equalised the age of consent for anal intercourse. Previously the age of consent for men was higher that the age of consent for sexual relations between men and women. Queensland is the last state in Australia to bring in equal age of consent. The […]
Tess Corbett, the candidate for Bob Katter’s Australia Party who compared gays and lesbians to pedophiles during the election campaign has been ordered to make a public apology for her statements. Activist Gary Burns took Ms Corbett to the Anti-Discrimination tribunal and the NSW State Administrative Decisions Tribunal have now ruled that the comments amounted […]
Bernard Gaynor, the conservative commentator who was dropped from Katter’s Australia Party earlier this year for saying he did not want his children taught by gay teachers, is facing disciplinary action in the army. The Herald Sun has reported that the Army Reserve Intelligence Officer is facing a “notice to show cause for termination” from the […]
A political candidate for the Bob Katter Australia Party (KAP) has stepped down from candidacy after making comments that were deemed to be homophobic. Tess Corbett, who was running for a seat in Western Victoria, made comparisons between the LGBT community and paedophiles in an interview with her local newspaper. Party president Max Menzel confirmed […]
