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10 August 2012Gay diver Matthew Mitcham joins Tom Daley in Olympic semi-final 10 Australian reigning Olympic 10m platform diving champion Matthew Mitcham has secured a place in the tomorrow's semi-final. -
10 August 2012Journalism student uncovers ‘transphobic and homophobic culture’ at major Australian newspaper 8 A journailsm student at the University of Melboune has exposed what she described as a "sexist, transphobic and homophobic culture" at the Herald Sun, one of the country's biggest newspapers. -
10 August 2012Mass rallies in support of marriage equality to take place across Australia this weekend 5 Mass rallies are taking place in eight Australian cities this weekend to mark the eight-year anniversary of the country's ban on marriage equality. -
10 August 2012Gay Olympic diver Matthew Mitcham declares he’ll dive naked if he wins Gold 47 Australian Olympic diver Matthew Mitcham has decalred that he'll dive naked if he wins another Gold medal. -
10 August 2012Australian minister says Christians against marriage equality are not being discriminatory 72 The leader of Australia's Presbyterian Church has said that followers of Christianity are not being discriminatory in their belief that the definition of marriage should apply to opposite sex couples only.
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8 August 2012Australia: Former Olympic trampolinist reveals he is HIV positive 5 A gay former Olympic athlete from Australia has come out as HIV positive after seeing an interview with the diver Greg Louganis. -
8 August 2012Matthew Mitcham ‘most influential Australian Olympian on Twitter’ 11 Openly gay gold medal-winning diver Matthew Mitcham is the most influential athlete on the Australian team at this year's London Olympics, according to a PR firm in his home country.
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6 August 2012Australia: Tasmania to legislate for equal marriage rights if federal bill fails 11 The Parliament of Tasmania may pass equal marriage laws for the island's gay couples after the Australian state's premier announced support for the move. -
25 July 2012Australia: Extremist preacher bailed on Mardi Gras terror charge 16 An extremist Muslim preacher has been bailed in Australia after answering charges for allegedly threatening a terrorist attack on Sydney's gay Mardi Gras parade and for possessing images of child abuse. -
16 July 2012Australian Olympic athlete in anti-straight room discrimination claim 38 An Australian gunman competing at the London Olympics has said it is 'stupid' he and his wife are not allowed to share a room while 'tons of gay couples' representing Australia can. -
12 July 2012Queensland priest relaunches campaign against ‘gay panic’ defence 9 A Queensland priest who started a campaign to have the 'gay panic' comprehensively removed from local law in Australia has relaunched his campaign. -
8 July 2012Australia: ACT bid to remove surgery requirement for trans recognition 3 Legal and human rights groups in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) are pushing to change a law which requires transgender people to have surgery in order to change their legal gender.
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6 July 2012Australia: Liberal MP Malcolm Turnbull hits out at anti-gay ‘hypocrisy’ 16 Australian Liberal MP Malcolm Turnbull has attacked anti-gay campaigners as "dripping with the worst sort of hypocrisy".
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29 June 2012Australia: 40 percent of gay couples identify as Christian 27 According to 2011 census figures, 40 percent of gay couples in Australia identify themselves as Christians, compared with two-thirds of straight couples. -
28 June 2012Queensland: Groups fear three-year prison sentences under gay surrogacy ban 12 Equality advocates are meeting to oppose the new Queensland government's plan to criminalise surrogacy arrangements for gay couples, single people and some straight couples. -
25 June 2012Australia: Senate committee backs marriage equality in ‘watershed’ report 5 A cross-party senate committee in Australia has published recommendations for a free vote on marriage equality legislation in the country's federal parliament and called on senators to support the move. -
24 June 2012Australian Salvation Army apologises for spokesman arguing gays should be executed 53 Following a senior official in the The Australian Salvation Army has apologised after a senior official told an Australian LGBT radio station that gay people should be put to death. -
23 June 2012Audio: Australian Salvation Army chief: ‘Gay people should be put to death’ 192 In a discussion for Australia's Joy 94.9 FM, a senior official in the Australian Salvation Army suggested that sexually active LGBT people should be put to death. -
22 June 2012Queensland ‘downgrades’ civil partnerships and will ban gay surrogacy 100 The Australian state of Queensland will remove gay couples' ability to have children through surrogacy and downgrade civil partnerships to the class of 'registered relationships', after a debate in Parliament last night.
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21 June 2012Australia: Census records nearly 34,000 gay couples 22 Data from Australia's 2011 census have been released today and show 33,714 gay couples, 1,338 of whom are married.
