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Malcolm Turnbull previously argued against postal voting

Malcolm Turnbull previously argued against postal voting

The government’s decision to push forward with the postal plebiscite idea comes as news site Crikey revealed the Prime Minister had previously written an eloquent opinion piece arguing against their use. The article uncovered by journalist Josh Taylor shows the Prime Minister describing postal votes with phrases including; “an experiment in electoral science” and “flies in the […]

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Indonesian religious leader calls for Starbucks boycott

Indonesian religious leader calls for Starbucks boycott

An Indonesian religious leader has called for a boycott of coffee purveyor Starbucks because the organisation supports LGBT rights. A group in neighbouring country Malaysia has responded to the call, and demanded that the Malaysian government also take action to stop the company operating. Anwar Abbas, the leader of Muhammadiyah, a group in Indonesia that […]

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Ross Cameron’s Sky News colleagues express disbelief at Q Society comments

Ross Cameron’s Sky News colleagues express disbelief at Q Society comments

SKY News Kristina Keneally and Peter van Onselen have expressed their disbelief at homophobic comments made at a fundraising dinner for the Q Society. Their colleague, SKY News’s political commentator Ross Cameron was one of the speakers at the event and he reportedly made a number of disparaging remarks about LGBTI people alongside cartoonist Larry […]

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OUTinPerth’s online audience grows dramatically

OUTinPerth’s online audience grows dramatically

OUTinPerth is excited to report that our online audience has grown dramatically over the past year. In 2016 431,091 sessions were logged on the publications website, a traffic increase of 42% in comparison to the previous year. Since 2010 the publication’s website audience has more than quadrupled. The audience growth success is coupled with the […]

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National Faith Forum calls for marriage equality for all Australians

National Faith Forum calls for marriage equality for all Australians

While the government ponders a potential ‘Plan B’ for address the issue of marriage equality the campaigns for and against allowing same sex couples to wed continue. Today the Equality Campaign hosted their first National Faith and Civil Marriage Equality Forum at Parliament House Canberra. The event brought together religious leaders from Muslim, Jewish and Christian […]

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WA Police will march in uniform for the first time at Pride 2016

WA Police will march in uniform for the first time at Pride 2016

WA Police will march in uniform at the Pride Parade on Saturday night. It’s the first time Western Australian officers have been given permission to wear their uniforms in the parade. Officer from the WA Police force have taken part in the parade in previous years, but until now have had to appear in plain […]

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Trans Day of Remembrance 2014

Trans Day of  Remembrance 2014

Today is Trans Day of Remembrance, a day to reflect on the challenges faced by transgender people and the high number of transgender people who have been the victims of crime and discrimination. Transgender day of remembrance grew out of a memorial for Rita Hester. Hester was murdered in Alston, Massachusetts on November 28th 1998. […]

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