20 November 2017
The West’s Unstoppable March Toward ‘Yes’
The outcome of the same-sex marriage poll is probably one of the least surprising things to have happened this year. It is simply the logical culmination of two streams, which neatly came together last Wednesday at 10.00 am, when the Bureau of Statistics’ chief statistician announced the results in front of a sea of rainbow flags, and balloons spelling out
3 October 2017
Three Reasons The Marriage Law Survey (Additional Safeguards) Act 2017 Is Bad Law
This IPA Parliamentary Research Brief seeks to explain the problems with this law. Our research demonstrates that the Marriage Law Survey (Additional Safeguards) Act 2017 is bad law because it uses vague and ambiguous language to restrict freedom of speech, it creates a blasphemy law at the federal level, and it abrogates the rule of law. While the Act has
2 September 2017
Lack Of Same Sex Protection
The (thankfully) former president of the Australian Human Rights Commission Gillian Triggs suggested recently that the same-sex marriage debate was taking place in a ‘post-truth’ climate and disputed claims there were insufficient protections for freedom of speech and religion. On the first point, Triggs is completely right. But in making the second point Triggs is engaging in a bit of
18 August 2017
With Little Thought To Consequences, Gay Marriage Could Reduce Freedom
After this country’s politicians eventually work out who is and isn’t entitled to sit in Parliament, hopefully they’ll turn their attention back to more important things – like the plebiscite on same-sex marriage. Despite the seemingly endless discussion about the issue and the cry from advocates for change for politicians to “just do it because it’s popular”, there’s been remarkably little
