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On Valentine’s Day 2012 comedian and actor Magda Szubanski came out on The Project. Back in 2012 Magda Szubanski made a Valentine’s Day announcement voicing her support for marriage equality, followed by her coming out as gay, gay, gay, gay, gay on national television. The Kath and Kim star released a statement early in the day […]
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14 Feb 2023 /
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Former Australian of the Year Grace Tame, and actor Magda Szubanski have spoken out against Liberal candidate Katherine Deves. Deves, who has campaigned for the Sex Discrimination Act to be amended to allow for discrimination against transgender women, is the Liberal candidate for the NSW seat of Warringah. She was hand-picked as the candidate by […]
Tags: AusPol, Election 2022, grace tame, katherine deves, Magda Szubanski
14 Apr 2022 |
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Comedian and actor Magda Szubanski will host a new series of the game show The Weakest Link. The show, which originated in the UK, always had very temperamental and often mean hosts, qualities not normally associated which the much-loved Australian entertainer. I’ve pretended to be nice my whole career – now I finally get to […]
Tags: Magda Szubanski, television, The Weakest Link
12 Mar 2021 |
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Australia’s most prestigious portraiture competition the Archibald prize has announced its 2020 finalists, and always there’s an interesting mixture of well known Australians who have been captured on the canvases. The prize is the most competitive portrait competition in Australia and draws thousands of visitors to the Art Gallery of New South Wales each year. […]
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21 Sep 2020 |
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Musical trio Seeker Lover Keeper have returned with some new music and roped in Magda Szubanski to star in their latest video. The band comprises Sally Seltman, Holly Throsby and Sarah Blasko. Let It Out is their newest song, and it comes eight years after the three singers, who all have their own successful solo careers, […]
Tags: Holly Throsby, Magda Szubanski, Sally Seltman, Sarah Blasko, Seeker Lover Keeper
25 May 2019 |
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If you can’t make it to Sydney for this year epic 40th anniversary Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, SBS have got you covered. They’ve just announced that Patrick Abboud, Joel Creasey, Magda Szubanski and Urzila Carlson will host their broadcast of the parade. The combination of three top comedians, Carlson, Szubanski and Creasey alongside The Feed’s Patrick […]
Tags: Cher, Joel Creasey, Magda Szubanski, Mardi Gras, Patrick Abboud, SBS, Urzila Carlson
12 Feb 2018 |
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Ben Elton reached international fame for writing for the absurd television comedies The Young Ones and Blackadder. This was before he came to Australia and married Fremantle musician Sophie Gare. Living in Fremantle for much of the time, he often attended the folk music festival at Fairbridge near Pinjarra with his extended family of musicians. […]
Tags: Ben Elton, bisexuality, Cate Blanchett, Chris Hemsworth, cinema, Film, Lezly Herbert, Magda Szubanski, Michael Caton, Movies, ragnarok, thor, three summers
2 Nov 2017 |
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Georgie Stone has been named Victoria’s Young Person of the Year, putting her in the running to be Young Australian of the Year in 2018. Last year, the advocate for transgender rights and awareness was previously awarded LGBTI Person of the Year at Victoria’s Globe Awards. Stone was the youngest person in Australia to be […]
Tags: Australian of the Year, Georgie Stone, Magda Szubanski, trans*, transgender, Young Australian of the Year, Young Victorian of the Year
27 Oct 2017 |
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The ABC’s current affairs discussion program Q&A will have a focus this week on the marriage equality debate. Appearing on the program will be actress Magda Szubanski, Archbishop of Sydney Glenn Davies, Liberal Party Vice President Karina Okotel and Frank Brennan, who is a Jesuit Priest and Law Professor. Anglican Archbishop Glenn Davies made headlines […]
Tags: ABC TV, Anglican, Catholic, Coalition for Marriage, Frank Brennan, Glenn Davies, Karina Okotel, Liberal, Magda Szubanski, Marriage, marriage equality, Q and A, Same Sex Marriage, traditional marriage
23 Oct 2017 |
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The Australian LGBTI Awards have released their short list of nominees ahead of the red carpet gala next year. This year over 6,000 Australian LGBTI+ people and allies were nominated across 16 categories, including Inspirational Role Model, Sports Personality of the Year and Community Initiative/Charity. Nominees include marriage equality activist Sally Rugg, author Benjamin Law, […]
Tags: australian LGBTI awards, Benjamin Law, Courtney Act, jordan raskopolous, Magda Szubanski, Sally Rugg, senator dean smith
12 Oct 2017 |
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