After Tanya Plibersek announced yesterday she would be introducing legislation to allow same sex marriage into federal parliament in the coming months, Greens Deputy Leader Adam Bandt has advised the Deputy Labor Leader not to push the legislation until a cross-party committee can do its work. “The best way of getting a bill through Parliament […]
The President of WA’s Legislative Council, Mr Barry House has declared that the WA Parliament will consider legislation for same sex marriage that was introduced by The Green’s MLC Lynn MacLaren late last year. Ms MacLaren introduced the legislation on the last day of parliament sitting last year, but later in the day the conservative […]
Greens MLC Lynn MacLaren has introduced a Marriage Equality Bill into the Western Australian Parliament today. The Same-Sex Marriage Bill 2013will allow the authorisation of celebrants and the registration of same-sex marriages via an amendment to the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1998. MacLaren described the introduction of the legislation as, “a major milestone […]
The National Day of Action for Marriage Equality saw an increased police presence at the WA event in comparison to previous protest marches. While audience numbers were considerably down, a significantly greater number of police were in attendance. Despite police orders to disrupt traffic, protestors stopped city traffic once again. An estimated crowd of 200 […]
Lynn MacLaren, The Greens MLC for Southern Metro is known to many in the queer community for her introduction of same sex marriage legislation in the Western Parliament and for being The Green’s spokesperson on sexuality and mental health, among many other issues. As state based marriage legislation is put forward in other states, Lynn […]
The organisers of tonight’s Reclaim the Night march in Perth have rejected concerns raised by activist Rebecca Leighton that their event is “transphobic and ‘whorephobic”. Following OUTinPerth’s publication of an interview with Reclaim the Night – Perth’s spokesperson Anastasia Ward, well known Trans* rights and sex worker advocate Rebecca Leighton criticised the event. Posting on […]
The Australian Capital Territory government has hit a snag in their goal for marriage equality. Prime Minister Tony Abbott has said he would like to see the legal details despite ACT Attorney General’s assurances the move is legal. Despite the move, West Australian Greens Member for the South Metropolitan Region Lynn MacLaren has said she […]
The latest results from the ABC’s VoteCompass website has revealed that the majority of Australian voters are in favour of same sex marriage. The website has found that 52% of voters surveyed were for marriage equality, while 36% believed that marriage should only be between a man and a woman. Twelve percent of respondents selected […]
OPINION Earlier this week students from Perth’s Universities gathered outside St Mary’s Cathedral to protest against National Marriage Day. Inside the church heterosexual couples gathered to renew their wedding vows, attend a mass and discuss the meaning of marriage. The program here in Western Australia was much more sedate than the Australian Family Association’s events […]
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 […]