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Katherine Deves has confirmed that senior Liberal party members have encouraged her to run for a spot in the senate at the next federal election. Deves was selected by former Prime Minister Scott Morrison as the party’s candidate for the Sydney seat of Warringah at the last election. She failed to attract enough votes to […]
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15 Jul 2022 /
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The Liberal party has announced its NSW senate ticket for the upcoming federal election and it’s bringing an end to the political career of veteran senator Concetta Fierravanti-Wells. Foreign Minister Marise Payne will take the top spot on the ticket, while the third spot will go to Senator Jim Molan. The second spot is allocated […]
Tags: Concetta Fierravanti-Wells, dumped, Election 2022, Jim Molan, Liberal, Marise Payne, marriage equality, NSW, religious freedom, Senate
26 Mar 2022 |
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Labor’s leader in the senate, Penny Wong, has declared she’s staying in politics and ready to fight the next election. Wong has confirmed that she’s put her name forward for senate nominations in her home state of South Australia. “I don’t know if it’s public, but I’ll make it public, senate nominations have opened up […]
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4 Feb 2021 |
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Long-serving West Australian senator for the Greens, Rachel Siewert, has announced she will not contest the next federal election. Senator Siewert’s term was set to expire at the next federal election, and the co-deputy Greens leader has revealed she will be retiring from politics before the next round of senators are elected. Serving our state […]
Tags: AusPol, Rachel Siewert, Senate, the australian greens, The Greens, WA Greens
31 Aug 2020 |
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The federal opposition have announced they will work with the crossbench to refer the government’s bill that aims to remove exemptions that allow religious schools to expel students who are LGBTI+ for inquiry. In a joint statement from Minister for Education Tanya Plibersek and Shadow Attorney General Mark Dreyfus, Labor said they plan to “hold […]
Tags: Dan Tehan, discrimination, Labor, Mark Dreyfus, religious freedom, schools, Senate, Tanya Plibersek
12 Nov 2018 |
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The Senate has passed a motion this week urging the federal government to work with states and territories to stop the practice of conversion therapy aimed at the LGBTIQ+ community. The motion put forward by Greens Senator Janet Rice calls on the Morrison government to work with other government leaders to outlaw the dangerous ‘therapies’. […]
Tags: conversion, conversion therapy, Greens, Janet Rice, Louise Pratt, Scott Morrison, Senate
12 Sep 2018 |
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Senators have shut down proposed amendments to Senator Dean Smith’s co-sponsored marriage bill in the upper house today, after two days of debate. Amendments put forward by Liberal Senator David Fawcett that would see two separate definitions of marriage, and allow for conscientious objections for civil celebrants to deny service to LGBTI couples, were shut […]
Tags: Dean Smith, Marriage, Marriage Act, marriage equality, Senate, smith bill
28 Nov 2017 |
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Long-time opponent of LGBTI+ rights Senator Eric Abetz has said that the bill currently before the parliament to make changes to the Marriage Act goes far beyond the question that was put to the Australian people in the postal survey. Speaking in the Upper House today, Senator Abetz argued that marriage is a social unit […]
Tags: Dean Smith, Eric Abetz, Marriage, marriage equality, postal survey, safe schools, Same Sex Marriage, Senate
27 Nov 2017 |
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WA Senator Dean Smith’s bill to amend the Marriage Act has been introduced to the upper house this afternoon, following the victory of the ‘Yes’ vote in the postal survey. Senator Smith’s bill has been co-sponsored by eight senators from across the political spectrum, and both Labor and The Greens have thrown their support behind […]
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15 Nov 2017 |
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One of the major driving forces behind the ‘Yes’ campaign in Australia’s postal survey on marriage equality have responded to the successful ‘Yes’ outcome. The Equality Campaign have described the result as a “historic milestone for Australians and a victory for equality and fairness that sends a powerful message to Federal Parliament to legislate for […]
Tags: Alex Greenwich, Anna Brown, AusPol, Dean Smith, marriage equality, plebisite, postal survey, Senate, senator dean smith, the equality campaign, Tiernan Brady, yes
15 Nov 2017 |
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