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NSW Labor MP Penny Sharpe quits frontbench over blood testing laws

NSW Labor MP Penny Sharpe quits frontbench over blood testing laws

New South Wales Labor MP Penny Sharpe has resigned from her position on the front-bench over the party’s support for mandatory blood testing laws. In a letter to Labor leader Jodi McKay, Sharpe resigned as a the Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Council and from her positions as the Shadow Minister for […]

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NSW Parliament to hold Inquiry into historic LGBTI hate crimes

NSW Parliament to hold Inquiry into historic LGBTI hate crimes

New South Wales’ upper house have moved to establish a Parliamentary Inquiry into hate crimes against the LGBTI+ community in Sydney between 1970 and 2010. The multi-party Inquiry will be carried out by the Social Issues Committee, following calls from the community for such an inquiry into the murders of at least 88 people over […]

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GLORIA’s recognise outrageous, ridiculous and ignorant comments

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull was the big winner at the GLORIA Awards this week. The nation’s leader picked up the ‘Golden Gloria’ not for something he said, but for a lot of things he seems to have forgotten to say. The annual awards, which are organised by NSW MP Penny Sharpe, shine a light on […]

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NSW Introduce Marriage Equality Bill

NSW Introduce Marriage Equality Bill

In anticipation that federal parliament votes against the proposed Marriage Act, NSW has become the fourth state to prepare a state bill for marriage equality. NSW Labour MLC Penny Sharpe announced plans to go ahead with a bill that will ensure same-sex couples can marry in the state. Other states planning state-level marriage equality bills […]

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