Perth’s annual Royal Show has become the latest battle ground in the marriage equality debate. A sticker declaring that marriage should solely be between a man and a woman has been spotted on a traffic sign outside the family focused community event. The Greens senator Rachel Siewert has raised concern about young LGBTIQ people having […]
Labor’s Shadow Attorney General Mark Dreyfus and Assistant Shadow Minister for Equality Terri Butler have met with Attorney General George Brandis and Special Minister for State Scott Ryan to find out more about the government’s plebiscite plan. The government needs the Labor Party’s support to pass the legislation to run the plebiscite, without their support […]
Lyle Shelton, the Executive Director of the Australian Christian Lobby is set to debate Jason Tuazon-McCheyne, the leader of the newly formed Equality Party about the issue of marriage on SKY news later today. The two speakers from opposing sides of the marriage equality debate will appear on the new weekly program hosted by Patricia Karvelas. […]
The Australian Christian Lobby has declared that the “battle” for marriage equality will be a key election issue and have called on supporters to fund a “war chest” to launch more campaigns against calls for marriage equality. In a letter sent out to supporters this week Lyle Shelton, the Executive Director of the ACL, describes […]
The ABC’s ‘Media Watch’ program has highlighted their belief that the media coverage of the long running debate over changing the definition of marriage is unbalanced. On last night’s edition of the program host, respected journalist, Paul Barry said he didn’t think groups like the Australian Marriage Forum and the Marriage Alliance were getting a […]
