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University of Canberra Vice-Chancellor Stephen Parker and Michelle Grattan discuss the week in politics.
How many issues can be put to the Australian people for votes in a single year? This is a key question for the referendum to recognise First Australians in the constitution.
Michelle Grattan and Michael de Percy discuss the week in politics, including the reforms Joe Hockey was unable to implement as treasurer and his likely new role as ambassador in the US.
It was another good day at the office for the Turnbull government. Finally, Labor came on board with the China-Australia free trade agreement. And a package of changes for savings from family tax benefits…
A scholar visited a dozen churches to learn why some religious folks oppose same-sex marriage. He discovered it’s not a simple case of homophobia.
About 220,000 kids under the age of 18 are being raised in same-sex families in the US. The Supreme Court’s recent ruling failed to provide them with equal protection under the law.
Malcolm Turnbull told the partyroom on Tuesday that nobody was more committed to “embracing our broad church” – the liberal and conservative traditions of the Liberal Party – than he was. That’s code for…
Malcolm Turnbull’s problem is that he often seems to be slightly ahead of the times – and that he can’t always take either his party room or the public with him.
When it comes to whether Australia should have a plebiscite on same-sex marriage, children’s rights have been notably absent from the discussions.
Tony Abbott, who won power two years ago on Monday, is most at home in combat, whether on the domestic campaign trail or escalating Australia’s commitment to a battle abroad.
Every generation in the last 150 years has seen in Australia a contest over marriage which reflects shifting positions on its defining features, and its associated rights and obligations.
Former prime minister Julia Gillard has switched her position to now favour same-sex marriage.
At the heart of the debate around the language of marriage is a conflict about whether a marriage between same-sex partners is the same or different to a marriage between opposite sex partners.
Katy Faust, a US traditional marriage advocate, told Q&A that children have a natural right to a mother and a father, highlighting weaknesses in studies on same-sex parented children. Let’s check the facts.
When public policy is being shaped, it is incumbent upon public figures to be better versed in discussions surrounding religion.
As the latest chapter in the push for same-sex marriage in Australia is written, it’s worth reflecting on how this movement has evolved over time.
Malcolm Turnbull and Christopher Pyne were the only ministers on the frontbench in the House of Representatives when Liberal backbencher Warren Entsch introduced his private member’s bill to legalise same-sex…
Many commentators on climate change articles in this publication have abandoned hope that effective action on climate change will happen under an Abbott government. The only solution for those concerned…
Liberal MP Teresa Gambaro has declared that on same-sex marriage “party political positions should be abandoned in favour of what each person’s conscience tells them”.
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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