Tag Archives: Australia

Copyranter notes that Lady Gaga’s biography is being promoted in Australia’s meat cases. OK, then.

Another brilliant entry from the Australian wunderkind.

A just-released poll shows that 57% of Australians now support legalizing same-sex marriage. Via the Sydney Morning Herald: The poll of 1400 voters, taken from Thursday night to Saturday evening, finds two-thirds of Labor voters and 86 per cent of Greens voters support same-sex marriage, while 51 per cent of Coalition voters were against it and 42 per cent supported …

Featuring local drag stars Joyce Maynge and Auntie Mavis. Huge number of participants by the end and they even use a snippet of my favorite Kylie track.

Speaking on a broad range of issues before an audience of young Australians, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton fielded a question on marriage equality by saying that while she has not supported marriage equality in the past, she does support civil unions and American states “taking actions that they believe reflects the evolution of attitudes about this.” Disappointing. The marriage …

The Advocate reports that a coalition of Green and Labor Party legislators are readying a marriage equality bill for the state of South Australia. Tammy Franks of the Green Party and the Labor Party’s Ian Hunter will formally announce their plan to the state parliament. A similar bill was recently introduced in Tasmania, and one is waiting in the wings …

We don’t often get to see Secretary Clinton in anything other than the most somber circumstances, so this chat she had with a couple of Australian comedians is quite fun. This clip closes with some news anchors wishing out loud that Clinton would emigrate.

A just-released poll reveals that 62% of Australians now support marriage equality. Australian Marriage Equality spokesperson Alex Greenwich and PFLAG national spokesperson Shelley Argent OAM called on both major parties to listen to the Australian people and allow a conscience vote on the issue. “Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott cannot ignore the majority of Australians who believe same-sex couples should …

Get ready, Australia. Here come the teabaggers. An anti-tax, anti-government Tea Party has set up shop in Australia, inspired by the US-based movement that has turned the Republican Party upside down. The Australian T.E.A. Party (an acronym for Taxed Enough Already) will be targeting pre-selections across the country and heavily promotes its links to “our friends” in the United States. …

Australia’s advertising regulation agency has banned the below ad advocating for the legalization of assisted suicide or “voluntary euthanasia.” (Tipped by JMG reader Lynda)

Australian three-time Olympic swimming gold medalist Stephanie Rice has been dumped by Jaguar after tweeting “Suck on that, faggots!” in reference to a Wallabies rugby match against South Africa. Jaguar Australia’s marketing and public affairs manager Mark Eedle confirmed that the company’s sponsorship of the swimmer has been terminated. “We made a decision yesterday, and we’ve terminated the agreement with …

Rev. Fred Niles, the longest-serving member of the New South Wales parliament and one of Australia’s leading anti-gay activists, is front-page news in Sydney today after an audit revealed that he’d used his government computer to view pornography. A really LOT of pornography, it appears. An audit of NSW parliamentary computers, which has already resulted in the resignation of a …

Today the legislature of New South Wales, Australia’s most populous state, narrowly approved adoption rights for same-sex couples. Sydney is the state capital. Members of the New South Wales state parliament voted 46-44 in favour of removing discriminatory clauses in the Adoption Act. In two other jurisdictions, Western Australia and the Australian Capital Territory, gay adoption is already legal. The …

The legislature of the Australian island state of Tasmania has voted to recognize same-sex marriages and civil unions from other jurisdictions. Only three of the 25 Lower House MPs voted against the amendment to the Relationships Act – Liberal members Rene Hidding, Michael Ferguson and Jacqui Petrusma. Attorney-General Lara Giddings says the changes will remove discrimination for same-sex couples in …

Australia’s just-launched pro-marriage equality Sex Party “wants the government out of our bedrooms.”

This has been out for about eight weeks and while in the airport on Sunday, I read that it’s gone to #1 or top ten in almost every country in the world. Super super infectious/annoying. The Venga Bus is coming and Crazy Frog is behind the wheel. By an Australian duo using a 1950’s Italian sample.

Australia’s new prime minister Julia Gillard says she’s against same-sex marriage. Labor policy on gay marriage will remain the same under her prime ministership, Ms Gillard told Austereo show today. “We believe the marriage act is appropriate in its current form, that is recognising that marriage is between a man and a woman, but we have as a government taken …