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3 March 2011Julia Gillard faces potential backbench rebellion over gay marriage 29 Australian prime minister Julia Gillard is reportedly playing down a revolt by backbench Labour MPs who support a Greens bill that would enable gay marriages to take place in the territories. -
2 March 2011Australian Greens unlikely to move on gay marriage 4 Gay marriage legislation is unlikely to be put forward by authorities in the Australia's smallest territory, despite similar moves by larger states. -
8 February 2011Australian MP polls constituents on gay marriage 10 Australian Liberal MP Malcolm Turnbull has begun polling his constituents on the issue of marriage equality. -
4 February 2011Study suggests immune system treatment for HIV 3 A study on mice with an HIV-like infection found that boosting their immune systems cured them of the disease. -
10 January 2011McDonalds blocks access to gay support websites in New Zealand 18 Fast food chain McDonalds has been accused of censoring gay news and support websites in New Zealand from its free wifi service. -
28 December 2010Court rules that religious charities are free to ban gay couples from adopting in Australia 30 Religious charities have been cleared to ban gay couples from adopting children in New South Wales, Australia after a landmark court ruling.
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20 December 2010Australian Catholics told to lobby MPs against gay marriage 14 Sydney Archdiocese says arguments should be based on the "natural order", amid a growing movement to alter the law. -
9 December 2010New Zealand brewery’s ‘beers for queers’ ad backfires 8 A New Zealand brewery has withdrawn a marketing campaign which suggested that low-carbohydrate beer is "queer". -
29 November 2010Australian gay MPs call for gay marriage 14 Two openly gay MPs in Australia have backed calls for gay marriage. -
22 November 2010Australian Greens predict legal gay marriage as poll shows majority support 7 The Australian Green party is predicting that gay marriage will soon become law as a poll shows 57 per cent of the public are in favour of the change. -
18 November 2010Portia won’t be interviewed by male journalists 47 Portia DeGeneres has been accused of discrimination after refusing to be interviewed by male journalists. -
18 November 2010Australian MPs to canvass voters on gay marriage 4 Australian politicians will ask voters whether gay marriage should be legalised after the Green Party won a motion on the issue.
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9 November 2010Australian lesbian couple banned from school ball 13 A teenage lesbian couple in Australia are changing schools after they were barred from attending a ball together. -
8 November 2010‘Gay’ Lebanese man refused Australian visa 6 A Lebanese Muslim man was refused a protection visa in Australia because authorities did not believe he was gay.
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22 October 2010Australian poll calls for conscience vote on gay marriage 9 An Australian opinion poll shows increased support for gay marriage and for prime minister Julia Gillard to allow a conscience vote on the issue.
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8 October 2010Australian LGBT support group wins legal pay-out 9 A court in the Australian state of Victoria has upheld a complaint from a gay youth support group after a Christian youth camp refused them accommodation, claiming it was against their position on homosexuality.
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5 October 2010Australian lesbian couple expecting quintuplets 3 A lesbian couple in Australia have revealed that they are expecting quintuplets - against odds of one in 60 million. -
10 September 2010Comment: The effect of censorware on gay websites 7 Reports of mobile phone providers blocking access to gay website are no surprise to those who've been following the use of the software which blocks these sites - known as 'censorware' - for more than a decade. -
8 September 2010Australian swimmer keeps underwear deal after ‘homophobic’ comment 11 The Australian Olympic swimmer who caused controversy with a comment on Twitter last week will keep her underwear deal with Davenport and Sunrice, but lose her Jaguar. -
8 September 2010Australian same-sex adoption bill nears final hurdle 4 Legislative Council votes in favour of new legislation, with a single Parliamentary vote left to decide the bill's fate.
