The government’s plan for a plebiscite on marriage equality still faces an uncertain future. The Labor party have not indicated whether they’ll support the legislation and have declared the issue won’t be discussed until their next caucus meeting in three weeks time. Last week Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull announced that they would be willing to […]
Tags: George Brandis, Malcolm Turnbull, Mark Dreyfus, Marriage, marriage equality, plebisicte
19 Sep 2016 /
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Attorney General George Brandis has shed some light on what the proposed plebiscite might look like. Appearing on the ABC program ‘Insiders’ Senator Brandis told host Fran Kelly how he hoped the plebiscite would operate. Senator Brandis said he hoped to take the proposal to cabinet within the next few weeks. The AG said he […]
Tags: ABC, Bolt Report, Fran Kelly, George Brandis, Insiders, Marriage, marriage equality, Nick Cater, One Nation, Pauline Hanson, plebisicte, The Greens, The Menzies Institute
24 Jul 2016 |
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OPINION Haggling over implementation of the plebiscite has started. Mr Turnbull constantly tells us the debate about Marriage Equality will be respectful. Well, it seems as usual he has no idea and is just hopeful. Debate about the Plebiscite (assuming Liberals win) is starting with hypotheticals about Private Members Bills, new Senators not being supportive […]
Tags: PFLAG, plebisicte, Shelly Argent
23 Jun 2016 |
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Pat O’Neill, Labor’s candidate for the seat of Brisbane has criticised Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s plan for a plebiscite on marriage in the wake of the Orlando shooting. In a passionate post on his official Facebook account O’Neill said Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull would be providing fuel for ongoing violence against the LGBTIQ community by […]
Tags: Brisbane, Derryn Hinch, gay, Jason Tuazon-McCheyne, Lesbian, Pat O'Neill, plebisicte, Sunrise, trans*, transgender, Troy Evans
15 Jun 2016 |
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The Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) have stepped up their campaign against the marriage plebiscite by taking out an advertisement in The Australian. The group that represents the parents and families of LGBTIQ people said it’s time for the Prime Minister to stop sidestepping the issue of marriage equality. Recently the government […]
Tags: Bisexual, children, Cory Bernardi, Eric Abetz, family, friends, gay, Intersex, Kevin Andrews, Lesbian, LGBT, LGBTI, LGBTIQ, Liberal, Malcolm Turnbull, Marriage, marriage equality, National, PFLAG, plebisicte, Shelly Argent, Tony Abbott, traditional marriage, transgender
8 Apr 2016 |
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