perspectives on stuff from an angry feminist
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 10th, 2008
As I posted a few days ago, we’re at a crucial time in the battle to see the Civil Partnerships Bill actually see the light of the day in the Legislative Assembly. With the federal government maintaining an hardline stance against the bill, our only real hope is to convince the territory government to plow […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 5th, 2008
I wrote a couple of months ago about the bizarre and controversial appointment of Hilary Penfold, a right-wing idealogue with no judicial experience, to the ACT Supreme Court over the strong protests of the Bar Assocation and much of the legal community.
The ACT government, for reasons evident to no one but themselves, went ahead and […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 4th, 2008
Mr McClelland is in discussions with the ACT Government to remove clauses in its civil partnerships bill that would allow gay couples to hold a public ceremony marking their union.Mr McClelland has told the ACT that the Rudd Government would not allow civil unions, and is pushing for a system of state-based relationship registers.It is […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 7th, 2008
There’s been an unfortunate twist in the ongoing civil unions saga. Federal Attorney-General Robert McClelland has just come out and stated his specific opposition to the ceremonial components of the Civil Partnerships Bill, and reaffirmed his demand that the ACT institute a relationship registry instead. ACT Attorney-General Simon Corbell has, in response, reaffirmed what we […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 2nd, 2008
Today’s Civil Unions rally was more successful than we could have hoped.
ACT Attorney-General Simon Corbell just stood in front of the television cameras and declared the absolute commitment of the ACT government to enacting civil unions with ceremonies in the face of federal pressure. He spoke at length about the government’s desire to see the […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 21st, 2008
I’ve just heard a bit of surprising news: Attorney-General Corbell has said he’s going to address the Civic Square rally in support of the ACT Civil Partnerships Bill on February 2. I was fully expecting that we’d get a “we’d like to, but no” from anyone involved with the Labor Party.
I’ve been quite pessimistic about […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 13th, 2008
The fallout is still ongoing from the Stanhope Labor government’s bizarre decision last month to appoint Hilary Penfold, Q.C. to the ACT Supreme Court. Penfold is currently the Secretary of the federal Department of Parliamentary Services, and a Howard government appointee whose reign there has been very controversial to say the least, where she was […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 11th, 2008
It’s nearly 7pm, and the temperature has only just ducked under 35 degrees. According to the Bureau of Meterology, it’s four degrees hotter here than in Darwin, and a full ten degrees hotter than the rest of the country. I’ve had the fan on top speed most of the day, and it hasn’t helped much.
So […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 9th, 2008
It’s that time of year again: Summernats.
Every January, this usually safe city gets taken over for a week or so for what essentially amounts to a festival for car hoons. It’s supposed to be a car festival, but - as it has every other year - it winds up being less about cars and more […]