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Nationals senator Matt Canavan has called on corporate Australia to stand up to communist China, support the defence of Australia, and put patriotism over profits, and he says companies should be more vocal on the issue because they previously stood up for marriage equality. Senator Canavan says Australia’s business leaders need to spend less time […]
Tags: aggression, Business, China, conflict, Homosexuality, LGBT, Matt Canavan, Nation Keeper, Politics, Pride, rainbow, transgender
3 May 2021 /
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Dr David van Gend, the head of the Marriage Forum, a conservative group who opposed marriage equality, is the front runner to take over the seat of Groom in Queensland. Seven candidates have put their hands up for pre-selection for the Liberal National Party seat, but Dr van Gend has the backing of conservative media […]
Tags: David van Gend, Eric Abetz, Matt Canavan, Miranda Devine, Rowan Dean, SKY News
22 Oct 2020 |
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Liberal senator Matt Canavan has commented on the recent complaint against Tasmanian Senator Claire Chandler saying it was something the pair joked about during a recent catch-up. Senator Canavan made the comment on a YouTube video with Lyle Shelton, the former head of Australia’s No campaign against marriage equality. Shelton has recently launched a weekly […]
Tags: Anti Discrimination, claire chandler, Lyle Shelton, Matt Canavan, Tasmania
9 Oct 2020 |
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The Coalition for Marriage has praised the senators who voted against or abstained from voting on the marriage bill. In a statement Lyle Shelton, who is also the head of the Australian Christian Lobby, said the senators who didn’t support the bill had shown a courageous commitment to freedom. Voting against the bill was the […]
Tags: Barry O'Sullivan, Brian Burston, Chris Ketter, Coalition for Marriage, Concetta Fierravanti-Wells, Cory Bernardi, Eric Abetz, Fraser Anning, Helen Polley, John 'Wacka' Williams, Lucy Gichuhi, Lyle Shelton, Marriage, Matt Canavan, slade brockman
29 Nov 2017 |
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The federal senate has spent the day arguing about Senator Dean Smith’s marriage bill. Working into the night the senators have addressed a large number of proposed amendments to the bill with each subsequent proposed changed knocked back. Five amendments put forward by Senator James Paterson and Senator David Fawcett have failed to gain support […]
Tags: AusPol, Eric Abetz, George Brandis, Ian MacDonald, James Paterson, Janet Rice, Marriage, Matt Canavan, Parliament, Penny Wong
28 Nov 2017 |
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Resources Minister Matt Canavan has accused his colleagues of “vaulting arrogance” for trying to shut down an alternative conservative bill on marriage equality. Coalition MPs have begun fighting over which bill may be used to legislate for marriage equality should a ‘Yes’ result emerge from the postal survey. Labor have voiced their support for Senator […]
Tags: Arrogance, AusPol, coalition, Dean Smith, gay, Intersex, Kevin Andrews, Lesbian, LGBT, LGBTI, LGBTIQ, Liberal, Marriage, marriage equality, Matt Canavan, National, queer, Same Sex Marriage, trans*, transgender
10 Nov 2017 |
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Nationals Senator Matt Canavan has dismissed concerns that the national debate on marriage equality will have an adverse effect on people’s mental health. The former cabinet minister was questioned today on Sky News about a statement from the National Mental Health Commission saying the debate will be detrimental to LGBTI+ Australians. “Can’t we just all […]
Tags: Allan Fels, lucy brogden, Marriage, marriage debate, Matt Canavan, Mental Health, national mental health commission, plebiscite, postal survey
11 Sep 2017 |
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Resources Minister Matt Canavan has resigned from the cabinet amid citizenship doubts and his eligibility to sit in federal parliament. Under the Australian constitution members of parliament must relinquish their citizenship of other nations before running for office. In recent weeks two senators from The Greens have been forced to resign after it was revealed […]
Tags: AusPol, Barnaby Joyce, Larissa Waters, Mama Mia here we go again, Matt Canavan, Nationals, Queensland, scott ludlam
26 Jul 2017 |
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The division within the ranks of the government over the issue of marriage equality is being laid out for all to see as government ministers take to the airwaves to share their differing views on how the issue of marriage equality should be addressed. Education Minister Simon Birmingham has backed business leaders who published an […]
Tags: greg hunt, Julie Bishop, Malcolm Turnbull, marriage equality, Matt Canavan, Peter Dutton, sarah hanson-young, Simon Birmingham
19 Mar 2017 |
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Liberal senator Matt Canavan has described reports of a push from moderate members of his party suggesting that it would be in the government’s interest to address marriage equality before the May budget as “unusual”. Senator Canavan says it is important to show respect to people who support traditional marriage as this group includes most […]
Tags: ABC, Barnaby Joyce, Eric Abetz, Insiders, Marriage, marriage equality, Matt Canavan, Peter Dutton
19 Mar 2017 |
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