After you’ve done all the lobbying, it seems what you have to do in Australia to achieve LGBTIQ equality, is wait. MARRIAGE Equality will be legislated in Australia no sooner than 2019. I know many will fly into a rage about that assertion, but let’s get real for a few moments: the current Coalition will never independently instigate […]
Turnbull Government knew of Qld land grab before election – @qldaah #qldpol #auspol
February 16, 2017
Victorian Liberals declare war on #renewable targets, jobs, investment reports @takvera
February 14, 2017
The Liberal party in three states – Victoria, South Australia and Queensland – vowed to drop state based renewable energy targets if elected. This follows Federal Liberal Party war on renewables and climate policy conducted since Abbott took power in 2013, continued under Prime Minister Turnbull. While climate action at the Federal level has followed […]
The ‘suffering’ of Peter Dutton and Scott Morrison – @Qldaah #auspol
November 13, 2016
The killing of the plebiscite: @burgewords comments on #MarriageEquality
November 7, 2016
Our position, and the position the LGBTI community wants us to advocate, is very simple: no plebiscite under any circumstances, just a free vote. THERE has been no progress on marriage equality in Australia since long before former Prime Minister Tony Abbott tricked his moderate frontbenchers into a marathon joint party room meeting with the hard-right National Party in […]
Stop the guns: Tony Abbott saved Australia. Again. – @Qldaah #auspol
October 20, 2016
The debate over the Adler 110 shotgun reaches new levels of absurdity in Canberra. You probably missed it but somewhere back in 2015 Prime Minister Tony Abbott threw himself into the breach once more to save the country. This time it wasn’t in the path of raggedly dressed refugees on boats. This time it was real. This […]
Malcolm Turnbull’s worst day at the office – @Qldaah #auspol
October 18, 2016
Turnbull increases #climate aid for Pacific at Regional leaders meeting reports @takvera
September 11, 2016
Australia’s Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull attended the Pacific Leaders’ meeting forum, and announced a small increase in climate related aid for the region. But this comes after the Abbott Government slashed Australia’s foreign aid budget to extremely low levels in 2014. Related: Pacific pariah: how Australia’s love of coal has left it out in the […]
