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There have been policy issues in recent Australian history considered too important for playing party politics. Sadly, those days are long gone.
The damaging polarisation around queer issues in Australian politics is out of step with community sentiment.
University of Canberra Vice-Chancellor Stephen Parker and Professorial Fellow Michelle Grattan discuss the week in politics.
There is no convincing evidence that same-sex relationships are less stable than heterosexual relationships, nor that they have a negative impact on the children raised within them.
Western leaders and activists should show humility and allow themselves to be guided by local organisations if they wish to be effective in promoting same-sex rights.
Treasurer Scott Morrison has flagged the prospect of ministers campaigning on both sides in the same-sex marriage plebiscite – as happened in the republic referendum.
In the latest example of the government’s cack-handedness, Attorney-General George Brandis on Sunday promised a plebiscite on same-sex marriage this year, only to have the Prime Minister’s Office hang…
The government’s fast timetable for a same-sex marriage plebiscite seems to strengthen the prospect of an election being held sooner rather than later.
Australian parliaments routinely legislate in respect of socially contentious issues without resorting to plebiscites or referenda.
Pat Dodson, the father of reconciliation, is set to become a Labor senator for Western Australia following Joe Bullock’s surprise announcement that he is quitting.
As Australia’s special envoy for human rights, Philip Ruddock will have the chance to change the world instead of listening to other people make suggestions about how it might be done.
The Anglican church has been criticised for standing against gay marriage, but it has taken a positive step on an issue that many activists see as more important.
A vote on whether same-sex couples can get married is discriminatory because it applies a standard to them that does not apply to heterosexual couples.
Even many Americans don’t know much about organisations like the Alliance Defending Freedom and the Heritage Foundation. But these groups play a critical role in advancing conservative policies.
How far should party discipline go? Not as far as certain proponents of same-sex marriage would like it to in the Liberal Party.
It is easy to envisage a number of arguments that MPs might use in an attempt to justify ignoring the result of a same-sex marriage plebiscite and voting contrary to its result.
Feminists played a major part in raising the profile of women in the church. Now they need to step up for same-sex marriage.
In an attempt to avoid complete meltdown, the Anglican Church has sanctioned its US branch for backing same-sex marriage.
Should opposite-sex couples be allowed to enter civil partnerships? Many same-sex couples already in one think so.
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Professor of Human Rights Law, Monash University
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Associate Professor in History, La Trobe University
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Dennis Altman is a Friend of The Conversation.
Vice Chancellor's Fellow and Professorial Fellow, Institute for Human Security and Social Change, La Trobe University
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Principal Research Fellow, Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University
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Honorary Professorial Fellow, Melbourne CSHE, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor, New Testament, & Inaugural Director of The Wesley Centre for Theology, Ethics, and Public Policy, University of Divinity
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Adjunct Professor, School of Government and International Relations, Griffith University
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Vice-Chancellor and President, University of Canberra
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Honorary Researcher, Jack Brockhoff Child Health and Wellbeing Program, The University of Melbourne
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Honorary Research Fellow, Trinity College Theological School, University of Divinity
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Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Academic, University of Canberra
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Lecturer in Social Work, Brunel University of London
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Senior Lecturer, The University of Western Australia
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ANU Law, Australian National University