Outspoken Western Australian religious leader Margaret Court has re-entered the marriage debate. The former Tennis champion has sent a letter the The West Australian newspaper arguing that allowing same-sex couples to wed is against Australia’s values. Reverend Court said it was disappointing that the government had decided to hold a vote on the issue of […]
Coalition MP Andrew Laming has compared the government’s roll out of a postal plebiscite to a Hydra. Speaking on SKY News’ To The Point, the Queensland MP said while the senate had knocked back the compulsory attendance plebiscite, the government had been able to progress their postal plebiscite plan. The Queensland MP said it was like […]
Opposition leader Bill Shorten has delivered a passionate speech in parliament today, holding the Prime Minister responsible for abuse LGBTI people will experience during a postal plebiscite campaign. Since the original plebiscite plan was defeated a second time in the senate this week the government have forged ahead with their postal vote scheme on marriage […]
The opponents of marriage equality are claiming that if we have a national survey on whether or not the laws should be changed, it’s a de facto poll for a range of other unrelated issues. We know that the call for equality is simply just recognising the love between two people, and their desire the […]
The campaign for marriage equality has begun with former Prime Minister Tony Abbott firing one of the first salvos this morning. Abbott declared that people should vote against allowing same sex couples to wed if they believed marriage was only for heterosexuals, but also if they had concerns about religious freedom, or thought there was […]
Former Prime Minister Tony Abbott has urged those opposed to political correctness to vote no in the government’s postal survey on marriage equality. Speaking to reporters on Wednesday morning Abbott said he’d vote be voting no in the forthcoming survey and he said people concerned about religious freedoms and too much political correctness should also […]
Independent MP Andrew Wilkie and marriage equality activists will launch a High Court challenge to the government’s postal survey on marriage equality. The challenge will involve Wilkie and marriage equality activists Shelley Argent and Felicity Marlowe according to SBS. Wilkie also posted the announcement on his website. Earlier this morning the government’s plebiscite legislation was defeated […]
Alan Tudge, the Minister for Human Services, says the government’s postal plebiscite which will see the Australian Bureau of Statistics survey Australians thoughts on marriage equality will look and feel like an election. Speaking on the ABC’s RN Drive Tudge told host Patricia Karvelas that while the plebiscite would not be conducted by the Australian Electoral […]
Olympic swimming champion Ian Thorpe has criticised the Turnbull governments plan to hold a plebiscite on the issue of marriage equality. Appearing on The Morning Show alongside partner Ryan Channing, Thorpe said the government’s decision was disappointing. “We don’t have the right to get married which is quite apparent at this stage… “I find what’s going on […]
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has ignored calls for him to meet with the LGBTI community before bringing in his proposed compulsory plebiscite legislation. Opposition leader Bill Shorten kicked off the first Question Time of parliament’s new session by asking the PM if he would be meeting LGBTI community members, a suggestion the PM was not […]
