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Tasmania’s current inquiry on LGBTQIA+ conversion practices in the state has drawn attention to the ongoing provision of the harmful “therapies” in religious institutions. In a public submission to the Tasmanian Law Reform Institute, a church leader from Launceston has proudly admitted to engaging in attempts to alter the sexuality or gender identity (SOGI) of […]
Tags: Alison Xamon, conversion therapy, equality tasmania, Rodney Croome, Roger Cook, Tasmania, WA Election
23 Feb 2021 /
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LGBTIQ advocacy group, just.equal, has urged LGBTIQ West Australians to respond to a short, new survey about their law reform priorities for the next term of Government. WA Spokesperson for just.equal, Brian Greig, said the survey aims to increase pressure on Premier Mark McGowan to commit to LGBTIQ law reform before the 13 March election. […]
Tags: Brian Greig, Election, just.equal, WA Election
21 Feb 2021 |
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Newly formed LGBTQIA+ rights organisation Rainbow Futures WA (RFWA) have shared the findings of an online survey they conducted in the lead up to WA’s state election sharing that the results highlight how improvements need to be made to most government services. The majority of all respondents said all government services need to do better […]
Tags: Paul Benson, Politics, Rainbow Futuresw, WA Election, WApol
30 Jan 2021 |
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LGBTI rights group just.equal are calling on the leaders of both major political parties to outline what their stance is on major issue of concern to LGBTI voters. The demand comes Liberal leader Zak Kirkup closed down questions from the media about the party’s candidate for Victoria Park, Amanda-Sue Markham, and her views on homosexuality. […]
Tags: election 2021, Mark McGowan, WA Election, WA Labor, wa liberals, zak kirkup
30 Jan 2021 |
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Former Liberal MP Rob Johnson has failed in his attempt to stay in parliament as an independent. Johnson quit the Liberal party eleven months ago after declaring he’d lost faith in the Liberals and Premier Colin Barnett. The fall out between Johnson and the Premier built up over several years after he was dumped as […]
Tags: John Hyde, Peter Katsambanis, Rob Johnson, WA Election
11 Mar 2017 |
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One Nation’s Richard Eldridge has apologised for comments he made on a Twitter account prior to standing as a political candidate. Speaking to 6PR’s new drive time host Oliver Peterson, Eldridge said the tweets from the account named ‘Ned Kelly’ were usually sent while the ABC’s program Q&A was screening. He explained that the tweets were meant […]
Tags: 6PR, election 2017, Lynn MacLaren, Oliver Peterson, One Nation, Richard Eldridge, The Greens, WA Election, WA Today
18 Feb 2017 |
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People flood Michelle Meyers pages with rainbows People have responded to One Nation’s Michelle Meyers unearthed comments suggesting that the gay community utilises a covert Nazi-styled mind control program to foster support for marriage equality by flooding her social media pages with rainbow emojis. The personal and professional pages of Meyers were filled with images, […]
Tags: AusPol, Bisexual, covert, gay, Lesbian, LGBT, LGBTI, LGBTIQ, Lynn MacLaren, Michelle Meyers, mind control, Nazi, Nick McKim, One Nation, queer, rainbow family, rainbows, Scott Ludlum, trans*, transgender, WA Election
16 Feb 2017 |
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New Zealand will follow the United Kingdom and several Australian states by removing historical convictions for gay offences. Apologising to people who had been convicted, New Zealand’s Justice minister Amy Adams said people convicted of indecency, sodomy or providing a place for homosexual acts would have their criminal records wiped. The government has ruled out any […]
Tags: Amy Adams, AusPol, Bisexual, Colin Barnett, gay, historical convictions, Intersex, Lesbian, Mark McGowan, New Zealand, queer, State Election, trans*, transgender, United Kingdon, WA Election
10 Feb 2017 |
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One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has announced that her party will run fifty five candidates in the Western Australian state election in March. Candidates will be running for spots in the upper house in every region, while forty five will run for the Legislative Assembly. Senator Hanson presented her candidates at a packed media call […]
Tags: AusPol, One Nation, Pauline Hanson, WA Election
19 Jan 2017 |
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Western Australian Premier Colin Barnett is not overjoyed that the plebiscite on marriage equality may overlap the campaign for the state election. There has been speculation that the plebiscite will not be held until February 2017. The federal government has confirmed that the Australian Electoral Commission has given them advice that it’s not possible […]
Tags: AusPol, Colin Barnett, February, John Day, plebiscite, Roger Cook, WA Election
21 Aug 2016 |
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