Two marriage equality bills in the House
Not one, but two private members bills that would end the prohibition of gay marriage were introduced to the House of Representatives yesterday. The first is co-sponsored by Adam Bandt of the Greens, and Andrew Wilkie, the second introduced by [...]
How to conduct the debate on same sex marriage
It’s inevitable that the debate on same sex marriage, which has reached a new level since the passage in Queensland last week of the Civil Partnerships Bill and the decisions of the ALP National Conference on the weekend, will be [...]
Same sex marriage, the ALP Conference and Tony Abbott
The ALP National conference yesterday amended the federal platform to support marriage equality being enshrined in statute, but on another motion, allowed members and Senators a conscience vote. This despite the force of the claim by Senator John Faulkner: It [...]
QLD same-sex Civil Unions – rally for the bill
Scenes from this evening’s rally before QLD Parliament House in support of Deputy Premier Andrew Fraser’s private members bill to create same-sex civil unions in Queensland. Hi res: Rally for QLD Civil Unions bill 2011 (M4V Video 25Mb 2min) Low [...]
Civil Unions vote in Queensland tomorrow night
Deputy Premier Andrew Fraser’s bill, the Civil Partnerships Bill 2011, will go before the Queensland Parliament tomorrow night at 7.30pm. A vote is expected some time early the next morning. As the Brisbane Times reports, numbers in the House are [...]
Andrew Fraser’s Civil Unions bill being considered by parliamentary committee
The Legal Affairs, Police, Corrective Services and Emergency Services Committee of the Queensland Parliament is holding public hearings today on a bill introduced by Deputy Premier Andrew Fraser to enshrine civil unions in state law. The text of the Civil Partnerships [...]
LNP votes against consideration of Civil Unions Bill
Everything, it seems, is a “distraction” for Campbell Newman’s LNP. The latest series of revelations of their ad hoc and unprofessional candidate selection process, and the oddballs and misogynists it throws up, is a “distraction”, says Newman. Now Jeff Seeney, [...]
“Heart of the nation”: democracy is a bad thing
Elsewhere: Pure Poison, Grog’s Gamut, Loon Pond. Previously on LP: Discussion of Bob Brown’s Territories Bill which is wrongly alleged to be a sneaky way to establish same sex marriage.
Territories same sex marriage imbroglio about nothing
The weekend News Limited papers have been tub thumping on their perennial theme of “Bob Brown is driving the government’s agenda”. Presumably, as Tony Windsor and the aforesaid Bob Brown have pointed out, had the Coalition formed minority government, they [...]
On Line Opinion and the advertising and “free speech” controversy
A lot of people will have seen discussion on the Saturday Salon thread of an apparent advertiser boycott of On Line Opinion, and consequently of blogs (including this one) which have been bundled together as a package for the purpose [...]
The UN General Assembly disgraces itself
Some, reading the title, would say “So what’s new?”. Anyway, Thor Halvorssen reports that what has happened is that last week the UN General Assembly agreed to an amendment which deleted reference to “sexual orientation” from a special resolution condemning [...]
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