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17 January 2013Australia: Scientists have found ‘potential cure for AIDS’ 22 Scientists in Australia say they have found a way to alter a protein in the HIV virus to impede it from spreading around the body, rather than assisting it, which could "potentially cure AIDS." -
15 January 2013Australia to keep anti-gay discrimination to protect ‘freedom’ of religious groups 47 Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has reportedly given her word to religious groups that they will have the “freedom” under a new rights bill, to discriminate against gay people, and other people deemed sinners. -
11 January 2013Facebook post on anonymous Australian confession page boasts of anti-gay assaults 10 An Australian Facebook page for anonymous confessions posted the story of a man who said he committed hate crimes, including assaults and robberies, by pretending to be gay. -
3 January 2013Rainbow road in Oz likely to get go-ahead 6 A rainbow pedestrian crossing is likely to be approved for Oxford Street in Sydney. -
20 December 2012Campaigners: Same-sex marriage in Spain of Australian government minister must spur on marriage equality 7 Equal marriage campaigners in Australia have said that the marriage in Spain by a gay government minister to his long term partner shows how pressing the need for a change in the law is. -
19 December 2012Pam Ann: “Julia Gillard is like a ginger lesbian Harry Potter lookalike” 13 Pam Ann, the air hostess alter-ego of Australian comedienne Caroline Reid, has taken time out from jetting across the skies to do a quick Q&A with PinkNews.co.uk – and she doesn’t have kind words for Australia’s Prime Minister Julia Gillard. -
19 December 2012Australian gay politician travels to Spain in order to marry partner 13 A gay Australian politician and his partner were married in Spain on Wednesday after flying halfway around the world to skirt Australia’s laws banning marriage equality.
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26 November 2012Australia: A thousand people rally for marriage equality in Sydney 5 A thousand people turned up to rally for equal marriage rights on Sunday afternoon in Sydney, in a bid to urge the government to legalise same-sex marriage.
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21 November 2012Interview: Matthew Mitcham on addiction, depression and ‘openly gay’ Olympic Gold. 12 Laurence Watts talks to Australian Olympic diver Matthew Mitcham, one of the world’s most high-profile gay sports stars, in an interview for PinkNews.co.uk -
20 November 2012Australian campaigners hope new law can help in equal marriage fight 5 Marriage equality advocates in Australia have welcomed a new draft national anti-discrimination law.
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1 November 2012Ian Thorpe: I can do nothing more about the gay rumours 36 Australian swimmer Ian Thorpe has claimed that people are "obsessed" with his sexuality, despite once again stating that he is not gay. -
11 October 2012Sydney to host gay rugby cup in 2014 + Sydney has won its bid to host the 2014 Bingham Cup, the world's top gay rugby tournament. -
9 October 2012Australia: Speaker Peter Slipper quits amid sex scandal + Australia’s parliamentary Speaker Peter Slipper has resigned after text messages showed he had used sexist and vulgar language in an exchange with a gay former staffer, who is suing him for sexual harassment. -
2 October 2012Sydney: Death of gay man ‘possible’ hate crime + Police in the Australian city of Sydney are treating the death of a gay man in an apartment fire as “suspicious”.
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1 October 2012George Michael cancels tour over ‘anxiety’ fears 8 In a statement on his website, the pop star said the cancellation of nine concerts "breaks my heart". -
27 September 2012Australia: Defeat for equal marriage bill in Tasmania 22 Tasmania's same-sex marriage bill has failed to pass the Legislative Council after a key member indicated he would vote against it.
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24 September 2012Australian psychologist says ban gay sex, but no ‘poofter bashing’ 71 Philip Pocock who is seeking to get elected in New South Wales, Australia has called for gay sex to be outlawed and for the right to discriminate against LGBT citizens. -
20 September 2012Australian Senate follows second chamber in defeating equal marriage 26 A vote on a bill that would have introduced equal marriage rights for same-sex couples has been defeated in the Australian Senate.
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19 September 2012Australian politician, who linked bestiality with equal marriage, to attend UK Conservative event 23 Australian Senator Cory Bernardi, who was sacked as an aide to the country's opposition leader after linking equal marriage to bestiality, is due to attend a conference of young Conservatives in Oxford this weekend. -
19 September 2012Australian senator resigns after comparing equal marriage to bestiality 25 An Australian senator has resigned from the opposition's frontbench after he said that allowing same-sex couples to marry could lead to sanctioning polygamy and even bestiality.
