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A trio of Liberal Ministers have declared that colleagues who support the marriage laws being changed without protections for religious freedom are betraying coalition voters. In today’s The Australian Assistant Ministers Angus Taylor, Zed Seselja and Michael Sukkar accuse gay Liberal MPs Dean Smith and Tim Wilson of failing to meet the expectations of coalition voters. […]
Tags: Angus Taylor, Dean Smith, marriage equality, Michael Sukkar, religious protections, Scott Morrison, Warren Enstch, Zed Seselja
27 Nov 2017 /
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A new poll published by Fairfax Media has revealed the voters in key coalition seats would rather see politicians directly deal with the issue of marriage equality than via the government’s stalled plan for a plebiscite. The Sydney Morning Herald has revealed that when it comes to the public, the numbers are on the side of the […]
Tags: Andrew Broad, AusPol, Dean Smith, gay marriage, marriage equaity, Politics, poll, Same Sex Marriage, The Australia Institute, Tim Wilson, traditional marriage, Trent Zimmerman, Trevor Evans, Warren Enstch
6 Aug 2017 |
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Liberal Senator Dean Smith has shared his private members bill for marriage equality with his parliamentary colleagues and released it for all Australians to consider. When Liberal MPs meet tomorrow afternoon for an emergency meeting to address the contentious issue of marriage equality, Smith, alongside Trevor Evans, Warren Enstch, Tim Wilson and Trent Zimmerman will […]
Tags: AusPol, Bill, Bisexual, Dean Smith, gay, Intersex, Lesbian, LGBT, LGBTI, LGBTIQ, marriage equality, Parliament, queer, religious freedom, trans*, transgender, Trent Zimmerman, Trevor Evans, Warren Enstch
6 Aug 2017 |
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Tony Abbott thinks the government should stick with the current policy of a plebiscite, and even take it to the next election. “If it was good to put to the people at the last election, I don’t see why it wouldn’t be good to put it to the people at the next election,” Abbott told Sydney […]
Tags: Election, Eric Abetz, family, gay, Lesbian, LGBT, LGBTI, LGBTIQ, Malcolm Turnbull, Marriage, marriage eqaulity, plebiscite, protect, queer, Same Sex Marriage, Simon Birmingham, Tony Abbott, traditional marriage, trans*, transgender, Warren Enstch, women
2 Aug 2017 |
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Finance Minister Mathias Cormann has dismissed reports suggesting there is a plan to replace Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull if a backbench plan to force a vote on marriage equality is successful. News Corp have reported that there is a plan to replace Malcolm Turnbull and deputy Julie Bishop with Immigration Minister Peter Dutton and Health […]
Tags: Dean Smith, jason wood, Malcolm Turnbull, Marriage, marriage equality, Mathias Cormann, Same Sex Marriage, Tim Wilson, Trevor Evans, Warren Enstch
1 Aug 2017 |
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Liberal MP Jason Wood has told The Guardian that he’d vote in favour of marriage equality if his colleagues manage to get a private member’s bill up. Wood said that while the proposed plebiscite had been the way of dealing with the issue, if a debate commenced on the floor of parliament, he believed Liberal […]
Tags: asexual, AusPol, Bisexual, Christopher Pyne, Dean Smith, gay, government, Intersex, jason wood, Lesbian, LGBT, LGBTI, LGBTIQ, LGBTIQA, Liberal, Lyle Shelton, Malcolm Turnbull, Marriage, marriage equality, Prime Minister, queer, Same Sex Marriage, trans*, transgender, Trent Zimmerman, Trevor Evans, Turnbull government, Warren Enstch
31 Jul 2017 |
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Queensland MP Trevor Evans has hinted that he may cross the floor to support marriage equality. The declaration from the Liberal backbencher that he believes his party should dump the plebiscite and allow a free vote in parliament, adds another voice to the growing number of government MPs publicly declaring their belief that the marriage […]
Tags: AusPol, Australia, Cross the Floor, Dean Smith, free vote, gay, Intersex, Lesbian, LGBT, LGBTI, LGBTIQ, Marriage, marriage equality, Politics, Queensland, queer, Same Sex Marriage, Tim Wilson, trans*, transgender, Trent Zimmerman, Trevor Evans, Warren Enstch
31 Jul 2017 |
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The idea of deciding Australia’s long running marriage equality debate by a opt-in postal plebiscite has been criticised by politicians on both sides of the political spectrum. Liberal Senator Dean Smith, who is working on a private members bill for same-sex marriage, has described the idea as “corrosive”. Speaking to ABC radio this morning, Senator […]
Tags: AusPol, Bisexual, brain fart, corrosive, Dean Smith, farce, gay, gay marriage, Intersex, Jim Chalmers, Labor, Lesbian, LGBT, LGBTI, LGBTIQ, Liberal, LNP, Marriage, marriage equality, plebiscite, postal plebiscite, queer, Robert Simms, Same Sex Marriage, The Greens, trans*, transgender, Warren Enstch
25 Jul 2017 |
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Former Prime Minister Tony Abbott says he favours a postal plebiscite over a free vote in parliament because it would give all Australians an opportunity to have a say on whether same-sex couples should be allowed to get married. The member for Warringah did concede that many would question how much authority a postal plebiscite […]
Tags: AusPol, Bisexual, gay, Intersex, Lesbian, LGBIQA, LGBT, LGBTI, LGBTIQ, Marriage, marriage equality, Peter Dutton, plebiscite, postal plebiscite, Tony Abbott, transgender, vote, Warren Enstch
24 Jul 2017 |
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New Liberal MP Trent Zimmerman has used his maiden speech to back marriage equality. Mr Zimmerman was elected to federal parliament in a by-election caused by the resignation of former treasurer Joe Hockey. Mr Zimmerman is the first openly gay member of the Liberal party in the lower house. Delivering his maiden speech on Wednesday […]
Tags: Joe Hockey, Liberal, maiden speech, Trent Zimmerman, Warren Enstch
3 Mar 2016 |
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