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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Marriage equality activists are keeping up the pressure on politicians who support changing the marriage laws and those MPs who have yet to declare a position. Suggestions that some Liberal MPs were about to push for a free vote in parliament on the issue has been met with a swift response from the party’s conservative […]
Tags: Cory Bernardi, Ivan Hinton-Teoh, just.equal, Parents and Friends of Gays and Lesbians, PFLAG, Sarah Henderson, sharyn faulkner, Shelley Argent
8 Feb 2017 |
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