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Australian government faces backlash for gay marriage stance
Tuesday, August 18, 2015Prime Minister Tony Abbott is battling poor polling and internal divisions over whether Australia should lift a ban on same-sex marriage. -
Australian government lawmaker introduces gay marriage bill
Monday, August 17, 2015A 65-year-old former crocodile farmer has introduced legislation that would legalize gay marriage in Australia. -
Australian government undermines chance of gay marriage
Tuesday, August 11, 2015The bill that would've allowed marriage equality is all but doomed. -
Australian Prime Minister blocks free vote on same-sex marriage
Tuesday, August 11, 2015He says maybe the nation can vote sometime after 2016. -
Australian Prime Minister brushes off snub to diplomat’s same-sex partner
Wednesday, May 6, 2015Ambassador Stephen Brady offered to resign after a disagreement involving Prime Minister Tony Abbott's reception at an airport tin Paris. -
Australia lawmaker: Gay marriage ban a ‘bizarre misappropriation of power’
Monday, July 14, 2014An Australian lawmaker is challenging Prime Minister Tony Abbott to allow Members of Parliament a free vote on same-sex marriage and said he would introduce legislation to amend the federal marriage act as soon as that… -
Tasmania lawmakers defer same-sex marriage debate to federal parliament
Wednesday, October 30, 2013HOBART, Tasmania -- A motion to revive the debate over same-sex marriage in Tasmania's parliament was defeated in the Upper House Legislative Council Tuesday, as local MP's voted to leave the question up to the Federal… -
Australian Prime Minister signals challenge to capital’s gay marriage bill
Thursday, September 19, 2013Newly elected Australian prime minster Tony Abbott said this week that his government is considering possibly blocking the Australian Capital Territory's (ACT) proposed same-sex marriage legislation. -
Christian lobby vows to block same-sex marriage efforts in Australian capital
Saturday, September 14, 2013CANBERRA, Australia -- The Australian Christian Lobby, a powerful anti-gay political faction, announced this week that it will exert pressure on Prime Minister-elect Tony Abbott, to override the Australian Capital Territory's proposed marriage equality law by… -
Wife of likely Australia PM doesn’t support husband’s opposition to gay marriage
Thursday, September 5, 2013FORESTVILLE, New South Wales -- Margie Abbott, wife of the man many expect to be elected the next Prime Minister of Australia, indicated in a television interview Thursday that she does not necessarily support her husband's…
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