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The epic speech from Liberal MP Nick Goiran has come to an end, or at least a pause, as the Surrogacy Bill is sent to the legislation committee for further scrutiny. After speaking against the surrogacy bill for over 20 hours, the member for South Metro proposed the bill be referred to the Legislative Council’s […]
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10 Apr 2019 /
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The debate over the surrogacy bill in the Legislative Council seems to have become stuck in a groove as Liberal MLC Nick Goiran delivers an epic filibuster speech on the bill. Debate on the bill began last week with Goiran kicking things off as the Liberals lead speaker. After an adjournment he picked up his […]
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19 Feb 2019 |
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Liberal MP Nick Goiran has shared his thoughts on how transgender people should tackle gender dysphoria. Goiran used a parliamentary debate to say he’d like to see transgender people being treated via “psychological intervention” rather than opting for physical changes to their bodies. The MP also highlighted the case of a murder is New South […]
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13 Feb 2019 |
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Nick Goiran, the WA Liberal Shadow Minister for Child Protection, had some questions about Donna Kebab and Perri Oxide’s recent drag storytime event in Maylands. In parliament Goiran fired off a string of questions at the government about the recent event at Rabble Books and Games which he described as drag queens reading queer books […]
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28 Nov 2018 |
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Two weeks after the state election, the final results are known with The Greens’ Lynn MacLaren losing her spot in the Legislative Council. The final line up for the South Metro region is three spots to the Labor party with Kate Doust, Sue Ellery and Pierre Yang. The Liberal’s Nick Goiran and Simon O’Brien have […]
Tags: Aaron Stonehouse, Alison Xamon, AusPol, Election, Kate Doust, Lynn MacLaren, Nick Goiran, Pierre Yang, Robin Chapple, Simon O'Brien, South Metro, Sue Ellery, The Greens, Tim Clifford
25 Mar 2017 |
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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 […]
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18 Feb 2014 |
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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 […]
Tags: Election 2013, Kevin Rudd, Labor, Liberal, Lynn MacLaren, marriage equality, Nick Goiran, Same Sex Marriage, The Greens, Tony Abbott
19 Aug 2013 |
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Marriage Equality advocates are calling on Western Australian Premier Colin Barnett to take a harder line with outspoken Southern Metropolitan MLC Nick Goiran following his speech linking same sex marriage to incestuous relationships. Yesterday when asked by reporters about Mr Goiran’s comments the Premier refused to be drawn on whether or not he felt they […]
Tags: Baroness Royall, Brian Greig, Colin Barnett, Inscestuous, Ivan Hinton, marriage equality, Nick Goiran, Same Sex Marriage
17 Aug 2013 |
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The Premier, Colin Barnett, has labeled a speech made by one of his own team as “inappropriate” and “irrelevant” to the discussion of marriage equality. On Tuesday Nick Goiran, Liberal MLC for Southern Metropolitan told the Western Australian Parliament that marriage should be strictly kept to being between a man and a woman, if same […]
Tags: Colin Barnet, Incest, Liberal, marriage equality, Nick Goiran, Premier
16 Aug 2013 |
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Senator Louise Pratt has spoken out against three State Liberal MPs – who have made a submission to retain religious exemption in the Anti-Discrimination Act – this would allow the discrimination of LGBT people in Aged Care. Member for Mount Lawley, Michael Sutherland; Member for Southern River, Peter Abetz; and Member for the South Metropolitan […]
Tags: Aged Care, Anti-Discimination Act, Dr Jude Comfort, Jude Comfort, Labor, LGBT, LGBT Aged Care, Liberal, Louise Pratt, Mark Hughes, Michael Sutherland, Nick Goiran, Peter Abetz
28 Feb 2013 |
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