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Western Australian Liberal Senator Dean Smith may be up for a fight for his spot in the Senate, with a report published today that claims the marriage equality advocate is being targeted by conservative powers. The West Australian have reported that conservative forces within the Liberal party are pushing for Senator Smith to be placed […]
Tags: Albert Jacob, Liberal, marriage equality, senator dean smith, Sherry Sufi
5 Nov 2020 /
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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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The House of Representatives has finished the second reading of Senator Dean Smith’s Marriage Bill and progressed to discussing a series of proposed amendments to the legislation. Three days of speeches from over 100 members of parliament came to an end this morning. Among the hundreds of speeches that have been delivered over the last […]
Tags: Adam Bandt, alex hawke, Andrew Hastie, Andrew Laming, Dean Smith, Liberal, Marriage, Marriage Bill, marriage equality, Michael Sukkar, senator dean smith, The Greens, Tony Abbott
7 Dec 2017 |
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Marriage equality advocates have praised the Greens for new attempts to reduce discrimination towards LGBTI+ Australians in Senator Dean Smith’s co-sponsored marriage bill. The House of Representatives’ sole Green MP Adam Bandt said he will re-introduce amendments to the bill to limit exemptions that allow discrimination in wedding services against marrying couples, including same-sex couples, […]
Tags: Adam Bandt, amendments, Dean Smith, just.equal, Marriage, Marriage Bill, peter furness, PFLAG, Rodney Croome, senator dean smith, Shelley Argent, the australian greens, The Greens
5 Dec 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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Seeing reports that some vocal opponents of Marriage Equality (including politicians, primarily those with a “religious” bent,) may well not accept a “YES” vote for marriage equality, I was reminded of a 2009 online opinion piece “An end to the right to discriminate” by Jim Wolfe, that I used when researching my submission to the […]
Tags: Colin Longworth, Dean Smith, jim wolfe, laura schlessinger, Marriage, marriage equality, men's health policy, red herrings, Same Sex Marriage, senator dean smith, special exemptions, special rights
9 Nov 2017 |
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Pride WA have officially revealed the 2017 Pride Guide and launched this year’s festivities. President Andrew Barker began the proceedings by thanking Federal Senator Dean Smith, state MPs John Carey, Stephen Dawson and Michael Mischin, Town of Vincent Mayor Emma Cole and City of Perth Councillor Janet Davidson. Barker also acknowledged the hard work of […]
Tags: Andrew Barker, Dean Smith, Emma Cole, Janet Davidson, Jeremy Wray, John Carey, Pride WA, senator dean smith
12 Oct 2017 |
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The Australian LGBTI Awards have released their short list of nominees ahead of the red carpet gala next year. This year over 6,000 Australian LGBTI+ people and allies were nominated across 16 categories, including Inspirational Role Model, Sports Personality of the Year and Community Initiative/Charity. Nominees include marriage equality activist Sally Rugg, author Benjamin Law, […]
Tags: australian LGBTI awards, Benjamin Law, Courtney Act, jordan raskopolous, Magda Szubanski, Sally Rugg, senator dean smith
12 Oct 2017 |
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Senator for Western Australia Dean Smith has strongly encouraged Western Australians who support same-sex marriage to attend a rally being held on Sunday at Wellington Square. Senator Smith said that with ballots being mailed out from this week across Australia, it was important now, more than ever, to reach out to family and friends […]
Tags: Dean Smith, Liberal, Marriage, marriage equality, senator dean smith, yes
15 Sep 2017 |
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After meeting for two hours in an emergency session, the Liberal Party have agreed to stick with their election commitment to hold a public plebiscite on the issue of marriage equality. Following reports that Senator Dean Smith, and four other lower house MPs might cross the floor if allowed a free vote on the issue, […]
Tags: Dean Smith, Liberal, Liberal Party, Marriage, Marriage Act, marriage equality, matias cormann, plebiscite, senator dean smith, senator matias cormann
7 Aug 2017 |
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