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National advocacy group Just.Equal Australia have released the findings of a new survey, exploring LGBTIQA+ voting habits at the last federal election. A national sample of LGBTQIA+ voters and allies were presented with a serious of questions to identify what factors influenced their vote when Labor and Anthony Albanese formed government last year. Results found […]
Tags: Anthony Albanese, just.equal australia, Labor, Rodney Croome, Sally Goldner
6 Mar 2023 /
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Senior federal Labor MP, Tanya Plibersek, has written to the Let Us Give campaign saying she supports a review of the Red Cross Lifeblood’s ban on whole-blood donation from gay men, and bisexual men, trans women and some non-binary people who have sex with men. Let Us Give spokesperson, Andrew Badcock welcomed the support from […]
Tags: Andrew Badcock, blood ban, blood donation, blood equality, dr sharon dane, Labor, let us give, Tanya Plibersek
1 Aug 2022 |
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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced his appointments to Ministerial positions, revealing a shake-up of portfolios. During the election campaign Albanese has stated that he expected the ministerial positions to be filled by members of his team who had served as the opposing Shadow Ministers in opposition, but the loss of both Terri Butler and […]
Tags: Anthony Albanese, Labor
31 May 2022 |
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The Labor party are on track to form a majority government with at least 76 seats. The party looks set to win the seat of Macnamara in suburban Melbourne, giving it a majority in the 151 seat lower house. The latest counting update from the Australian Electoral Commission shows Labor’s Josh Burns is well ahead […]
Tags: Anthony Albanese, Labor
31 May 2022 |
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OPINION: Brian Greig is a former WA senator and veteran LGBTIQ+ advocate I write this article one day before the election just to make a couple of points and predictions. There is only 24 hours to go, but I don’t believe we will have a clear result on Saturday night. It will take a few […]
Tags: Anthony Albanese, AusPol, Brian Greig, Election 2022, Greens, independents, Labor, Liberals, Scott Morrison
19 May 2022 |
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Today marks 32 years since the World Health Organisation removed homosexuality from its official register of diseases. To note the annual passing of this important historical rights achievement IDAHO Day was launched 17 years ago. Since then International Day Against Homophobia has broadened its acronym to include people who are transgender, bi+, ace+ or intersex […]
Tags: Election 2022, IDAHoBiT, Labor, Liberal
17 May 2022 |
Filed under Health & Wellbeing,Life |
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The Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations (AFAO) has welcomed new commitments from Federal Labor to end Australia’s HIV epidemic and bolster the health of LGBTIQ+ people. Labor has announced that, if elected, it will establish a bipartisan taskforce to drive the effort to end HIV transmission and also restore funding to peak organisations involved in the community-led HIV response. It […]
Tags: AFAO, AIDS, HIV, Labor
9 May 2022 |
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Labor leader Anthony Albanese is going to to spend the next week campaigning from home after he received a positive diagnosis for Covid-19. Albanese was scheduled to return to Western Australia this morning and continue campaigning in some of the marginal seats in the state, but his plans were put on ice last night when […]
Tags: Anthony Albanese, AusPol, Election 2022, Labor
22 Apr 2022 |
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Western Australian Labor MP Stuart Aubrey recently shared his coming out experience in the state’s parliament, giving his colleagues an insight into the psychological stress that many LGBTIQA+ people go through in accepting their sexuality and sharing the information with friends and family. Aubrey, the member for the beachside seat of Scarborough, was elected at […]
Tags: coming out, Labor, stuart aubrey
19 Apr 2022 |
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The National Catholic Education Commission has called on both major parties to clarify how they will bring forward federal legislation for Religious Discrimination. Former Labor Minister Jacinta Collins, who heads the group, has written to both leaders asking them to finalise legislation within their first 100 days of a new parliamentary term. The Morrison government […]
Tags: Anthony Albanese, AusPol, Brian Greig, Election 2022, Jacinta Collins, just.equal, Labor, Liberal, National Catholic Education Commission, religious discrimination bill
18 Apr 2022 |
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