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ALP’s Lisa Baker to Introduce Same Sex Marriage Bill

ALP’s Lisa Baker to Introduce Same Sex Marriage Bill

Lisa Baker, the ALP member for Maylands has announced her intention to introduce a private members bill for marriage equality into the WA parliament in 2014. The politicians believes that the bill will have widespread support across party lines. “Not only in my party but across the parliament of WA the majority of our politicians […]

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Lisa Baker Calls on WA Parliament to Legislate on Marriage Equality

Lisa Baker Calls on WA Parliament to Legislate on Marriage Equality

Lisa Baker, the state Labor member for Maylands has called on her state parliamentary colleagues to  a cross-party working group to investigate Western Australia’s potential to develop a marriage equality bill. Speaking in parliament yesterday Baker said the time had come for marriage equality to be granted to LGBTI Western Australian’s who had fought long […]

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PM Gillard Visits WA Ballet

PM Gillard Visits WA Ballet

Prime Minister Julia Gillard visited the WA Ballet this afternoon, taking a tour of the company’s new Maylands headquarters. Accompanied by Defense Minister Stephen Smith and state member Lisa Baker, the PM watched a performance of the production ‘Genesis’ and visited the ballet’s costume department before chatting with the company’s performers. The WA Ballet moved […]

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Are We Moving Fast Enough To Stop Bullying?

Are We Moving Fast Enough To Stop Bullying?

  If someone started bullying you for being queer, where would you go and what would you do? For a question that applies to 350,000 Australian LGBTIQ youth, the answers are hazy at best.  With a state government that has been reluctant to acknowledge that homophobic bullying in our schools exists, it’s no wonder that […]

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