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As millions of Australians log on to complete the 2021 census debate over one of the questions has amped up. What is your religion? Every Australian census has asked questions about what our religious beliefs are, but over the years the way the question has been presented has been updated to reflect our changing community […]
Tags: andrew denton, anthony fisher, Census, Margaret Court, Michael Sukkar, no religion, Tim Minchin
10 Aug 2021 /
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The Australian Bureau of Statistics dumped questions about sexuality and gender from the next census because of concerns that there would be a public backlash over their inclusion. The questions were dumped even though two government departments said the data was essential for planning for the future and effective delivery of services. The questions were […]
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4 Dec 2019 |
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Reports have emerged that new questions that included sexuality and gender identity were dumped from the census after feedback from government minister Michael Sukkar. The Australian Bureau of Statistics revealed to Senate Estimates that of the 40,000 test forms of the census, 20,000 of those which featured new questions about gender and sexuality were destroyed. […]
Tags: Census, Michael Sukkar, National LGBTI Health Alliance, nicky bath, phillipa moss
24 Oct 2019 |
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Senator Concetta Fierravanti-Wells has resigned as the Minister for International Development and the Pacific. Senator Fierravanti-Wells said there were many reasons she was no longer supporting Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull including last year’s debate over marriage equality. While the Prime Minister was vocal supporter of allowing same-sex couples to wed, the New South Wales senator was strongly […]
Tags: Concetta Fierravanti-Wells, James McGrath, Malcolm Turnbull, Michael Sukkar, Peter Dutton
21 Aug 2018 |
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A number of Liberal MPs are speaking out ahead of the long awaited release of the government’s Ruddock Review into Religious Freedom and calling for additional laws to protect people of faith. The Australian published an opinion piece over the weekend from Dan Teham, the Minister for Social Services. Tehan argues that the country needs to […]
Tags: Australian Christian Lobby, Dan Tehan, James Paterson, Martin Iles, Michael Sukkar, Religion, religious freedom, Same Sex Marriage
9 Jul 2018 |
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Senator Dean Smith’s Marriage Bill has passed through the lower house of parliament, bringing marriage equality into Australian law. Following the ‘Yes’ result of the Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey the co-sponsored bill has been hotly debated for the last two weeks, but remains unchanged by amendments from conservatives and The Greens. Amendments put forward […]
Tags: Adam Bandt, alex hawke, amendments, Andrew Broad, Andrew Hastie, conservative, Dean Smith, Marriage, Marriage Bill, marriage equality, Michael Sukkar, ministers, protections, Religion, religious freedom, Sarah Henderson, Scott Morrison, senator dean smith, The Greens, Tony Abbott
7 Dec 2017 |
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The House of Representatives has finished the second reading of Senator Dean Smith’s Marriage Bill and progressed to discussing a series of proposed amendments to the legislation. Three days of speeches from over 100 members of parliament came to an end this morning. Among the hundreds of speeches that have been delivered over the last […]
Tags: Adam Bandt, alex hawke, Andrew Hastie, Andrew Laming, Dean Smith, Liberal, Marriage, Marriage Bill, marriage equality, Michael Sukkar, senator dean smith, The Greens, Tony Abbott
7 Dec 2017 |
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A trio of Liberal Ministers have declared that colleagues who support the marriage laws being changed without protections for religious freedom are betraying coalition voters. In today’s The Australian Assistant Ministers Angus Taylor, Zed Seselja and Michael Sukkar accuse gay Liberal MPs Dean Smith and Tim Wilson of failing to meet the expectations of coalition voters. […]
Tags: Angus Taylor, Dean Smith, marriage equality, Michael Sukkar, religious protections, Scott Morrison, Warren Enstch, Zed Seselja
27 Nov 2017 |
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Liberal Senator Eric Abetz says he is still hopefully that the result of the marriage postal survey will be a win for the ‘No’ campaign, but if the Australian people have chosen to change the marriage laws he wants provisions for “conscientious objection” included in the marriage legislation. Speaking to The Guardian Australia, Senator Abetz […]
Tags: Andrew Hastie, Cory Bernardi, Eric Abetz, Ian Goodenough, Michael Sukkar
8 Nov 2017 |
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A special NewsPoll published in The Australian has shown that support for marriage equality has grown over the last two weeks of the marriage postal survey campaign. If the predictions are accurate, the ‘No’ campaign faces an almost impossible task of needing to secure 97 per cent of the remaining ballots to be able to get a […]
Tags: Marriage, marriage equality, Michael Sukkar, Newspoll, Same Sex Marriage, Warren Entsch, yes
1 Nov 2017 |
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