Tag Archives: Australia

AUSTRALIA: PM Kevin Rudd Promises Same-Sex Marriage Bill If Re-Elected

(Tipped by JMG reader Alan)

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AUSTRALIA: Christian Group Claims Economic Oppression Because GAYS

Australia’s Christian Democratic Party has issued the above graphic. Gay Star News has the story: Far-right Australian political group the Christian Democratic Party has claimed that ‘mum and dad tax payers’ are oppressed in Australia because they earn less on average than same-sex couples according to census data – even though this means same-sex couples pay higher taxes than they …

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Church Sign Of The Day

Gone viral on Facebook.

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AUSTRALIA: Parliament Rules That States Can Legalize Same-Sex Marriage

In what is being hailed as a major advance, a committee in Australia’s Parliament has ruled that states are entitled to set their own laws regarding same-sex marriage  The ruling was prompted by a demand for clarity from the state of New South Wales, home to Sydney. The parliamentary committee report, released on Friday, overrules arguments from marriage equality opponents …

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Marriage Bill Fails In South Australia

A same-sex marriage bill has failed in the state legislature of South Australia. Labor backbencher Susan Close’s Same Sex Marriage Bill 2013 was defeated on the strength of voices in the Lower House and no division was called. Some MPs were missing from the chamber. However, the issue will remain on Parliament’s agenda as Greens MLC Tammy Franks introduced an …

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Tom Thum At TEDxSydney

Possibly the best beatboxer I’ve ever seen and the bit where he mocks German techno (5:50) really cracked me up. (Tipped by JMG reader Fritzrth)

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AUSTRAILIA: Prime Minister Endorses Marriage, Suggests National Referendum

During all the hoopla this week, I didn’t get to mention that Australia had a change in power. Former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is back in charge after toppling Julia Gillard as leader of the Labor Party. One day after being re-sworn in and a month after writing a blog post announcing his reversal on marriage, yesterday Rudd used his …

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Australian PFLAG Launches Campaign: Congratulations, You’re Having A Lesbian

A wonderful new marriage equality campaign has been launched in Australia: A pregnant woman who is “having a lesbian” stars in a provocative new billboard to promote gay marriage. Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays spokeswoman Shelley Argent said the campaign was designed to garner support from mainstream families for gay marriage, on the grounds that gay children were …

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AUSTRALIA: Children Of Same-Sex Couples Score Well In Parenting Study

In yet another blow to the discredited Regnerus study, a preliminary report from the world’s largest study of same-sex parenting shows that children in such families are thriving. Children of same-sex parents are doing as well or better than the rest of the population on a number of key health indicators. That is the initial finding from the world’s largest …

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Australia’s Green Party For Marriage

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AussieMite: It’s Sacrelicious

Via the Australian media site Mumbrella: Food brand AussieMite has created an ad which seeks to be deliberately controversial showing Catholic worshippers dipping sacramental wafers into the spread. Sydney’s Grown-Ups created the 30-second ad, which shows several people at a mass receiving communion. The woman who approaches the alter last dips her sacramental wafer in a jar of AussieMite before …

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Former Aussie PM Reverses On Marriage

“I have come to the conclusion that church and state can have different positions and practices on the question of same sex marriage. I believe the secular Australian state should be able to recognise same sex marriage. I also believe that this change should legally exempt religious institutions from any requirement to change their historic position and practice that marriage …

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Stereogamous – Face Love Anew

Chicago’s Shaun J. Wright provides vocals on this tasty deep house track from Australia’s gay DJ duo Stereogamous. The clip is by Leonardo Herrera.  Get it on iTunes.

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An Australian Argument For Marriage

An Australian couple tells their three year-old son that he can’t marry Mommy because “she already has a husband.”  Boy: “I want a husband!” Father: “[Prime Minister] Julia Gillard says you can’t have a husband.” Much sobbing ensues.

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Divinyls Lead Singer Dead At 53

Reuters reports: Rock singer Chrissy Amphlett, who fronted the Australian group the Divinyls best known for the worldwide hit “I Touch Myself”, has died in New York at the age of 53 after battling breast cancer and multiple sclerosis. Her husband and former Divinyls drummer Charley Drayton said Amphlett died in her sleep, surrounded by close friends and family. The …

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AUSTRALIA: Premier Of New South Wales State Backs Same-Sex Marriage

“As a Liberal who believes that commitment and family units are one of the best ways in which society is organized, I support the concept of same-sex marriage. It was New Zealand that in 1893 first gave votes to women; it took us another nine years to do it. It shouldn’t have to take us another nine years to get …

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Australian PM Julia Gillard: So What About New Zealand? I’m Not Changing My Mind

Australian Prime Julia Gillard says that the legalization of same-sex marriage by New Zealand hasn’t changed her mind on the issue. Asked by a member of the public at a community cabinet in Melbourne on Wednesday night why Australia lagged behind New Zealand in legalising gay marriage, Ms Gillard said she would not be changing her mind on the issue. …

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AUSTRALIA: Christian Group Wants To Ban Pro-LGBT Outdoor Advertising

The Australian Christian Lobby has launched a drive against billboards that target the LGBT market which they claim furthers the “sexualization of children.” A letter tabled in Parliament on April 3 by Attorney-General Jarrod Bleijie stated that he had become aware of concerns expressed by the community about outdoor advertising and caused him to question “the appropriateness of the current …

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Australian PM Officially Apologizes To Victims Of Forced Adoptions

The BBC reports: Prime Minister Julia Gillard has issued an apology to people affected by Australia’s forced adoption policy between the 1950s and 1970s. Tens of thousands of babies of unmarried, mostly teenage mothers, were thought to have been taken by the state and given to childless married couples. Speaking in front of hundreds of the victims, Ms Gillard said …

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Brendan Maclean –Stupid (Remix)

Last month I posted the quirky performance video for this track and today my Aussie pal DJ Jonny Seymour and his musical partner Paul Mac released a great remix, which does evoke the 1984 club smash by Giorgio Moroder and Limahl. Click over and give it a listen.  The Stereogamous naughty remix of Credit Card Babies by Brooklyn’s trans collective …

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