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Look at how powerful we are
By all accounts as a reaction to seeing two men kiss, an angry and cowardly individual killed over 50 people and injured the same or more. Members of the GBLTI community and undoubtedly some friends of...
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Cry me a river, John
John Howard, ex-prime minister and malevolent architect of the current state of laws blocking marriage equality in Australia (which, it’s worth remembering, required only an act of parliament to pass –...
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What constitutes offensive protest?
For weeks – possibly more – in Australia I’d watched the visceral discussion being had in the United States over various protests around the seemingly senseless and racially biased killings of black...
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Hope and Fear
So Donald Trump won the US Presidential Election, and everyone on the middle to the left of politics has been left wondering how the hell that happened. The trumping of conservative and even...
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Centrelink and the IT Story that Dare Not Speak its Name
There’s no doubt that the best word to describe the shenanigans going on thanks to Centrelink’s automated debt collection system is a debacle. One is reminded of Better Off Ted, where the scientists...
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Lemon Meringue Latham
A few weeks ago, Alan Joyce, openly gay CEO of Qantas, was deliberately hit in the face with a pie at a speaking engagement. Not a scalding hot meat pie, but a soft and non-damaging (or so we’re told...
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An open letter about the marriage equality debate in Australia
Introduction And so there seems to be every chance Australia is heading towards a voluntary, non-binding postal survey on marriage equality, given our ineffectual conservative government has a bug in...
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The “no” campaign is unwittingly promoting child abuse
“Wait, what!?” I hear you say, “They’re not even talking about marriage. They’re only talking about protecting children!” The elephant in the room of course, that I want to deal with quickly, is that...
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Parliamentary marriage equality bingo
So we’re at the start of a long campaign for a postal vote on marriage equality in Australia. That gives us time to prepare for a little game we’ll call Parliamentary Marriage Equality Bingo. Just what...
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How would superheroes respond to Trump?
Genesis: It’s one of those bands that’s fashionable to dislike, but you can’t deny it had popularity in its day. Personally, I come and go with their music; occasionally I’ll play a track or two, but...
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