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One Nation bid for transgender youth health Senate inquiry fails
One Nation party leader Senator Pauline Hanson has failed to establish a Senate inquiry into gender affirming healthcare for transgender young people after moderate Liberals joined forces with some of the crossbench senators and Labor and the Greens to defeat the proposal. Liberal senators Simon Birmingham, Jane Hume, Dean Smith, Andrew Bragg and Maria Kovocic …
Latham claims gay disadvantage is ‘con job’.
Another day, another serving of “look at me!” from NSW One Nation leader Mark Latham. This time Latham called gay disadvantage a con job and attacked Hamish Macdonald as privileged. Will this dude ever STFU? The comments came in Latham’s interview with the much-fired Chris Smith. Latham’s latest anti-LGBTQIA+ spray came in response to Hamish …
Pauline Hanson slams Latham for homophobic attack
Pauline Hanson is doing major damage control after Latham aimed vile homophobic tweets at independent MP Alex Greenwich. Just over a week after turning the blame on 15 trans rights activists for being the targets of an organised attack, Mark Latham has sank to a new low. Despite initially condemning the violence perpetrated by his …
Words no one wants to read: One Nation sex scandal
Words guaranteed to strike fear into the hearts of people of refined tastes everywhere: One Nation sex scandal. But we’re all adults here. Let’s dive right in and see what shenanigans placed Pauline Hanson and James Ashby in a courtroom this time. Of course, we all enjoy a little titillation, but the phrase One Nation, …
One Nation disendorses Brisbane candidate Rebecca Lloyd
One Nation yesterday said it had disendorsed Rebecca Lloyd, the party’s candidate for the seat of Brisbane. Rebecca Lloyd runs a company called Fair Business Australia, described on its website as ‘an alliance of small business owners’. More on Fair Business Australia later. Firstly, Join the Conversation. Join the Conversation Jonathan Sri, Greens Councillor for …
Vegan Rainbow Sandwich: Mark Latham triggered by sanga
I try occasionally to be an empathetic person. Honestly. Cross fingers and hope to die. But triggered by a f_cking sanga? Yes, indeed. Mark Latham posted to Twitter yesterday to complain about a Vegan Rainbow Sandwich available in the NSW Parliament House. Now, I must admit that there are two kinds of people I find …
NSW MPs given 110k-signature petition against Mark Latham’s anti-trans bill
A petition with more than 110,000 signatures opposing Mark Latham’s anti-transgender education bill has been delivered to a group of NSW Labor and Greens MPs. New South Wales One Nation leader Mark Latham has caused outrage with his Education Legislation Amendment (Parental Rights) Bill 2020. The Upper House MP says his bill seeks to “outlaw …
Sydney rally to call for NSW parliament to dump Mark Latham’s anti-trans bill
A Sydney protest rally will oppose Mark Latham’s “cruel and inhumane” proposed legislation banning recognition of transgender students in schools. The One Nation state leader introduced his proposed Education Legislation Amendment (Parental Rights) Bill to the NSW Upper House last August. Advocates warn the bill, if it’s passed, would ban all recognition of trans and …
One Nation’s Mark Latham has his very own religious freedom bill
Mark Latham’s own religious discrimination legislation, currently before the NSW Parliament, has been panned by LGBTIQ advocates. Latham is One Nation’s leader in the New South Wales parliament. He introduced the controversial Bill to amend the state’s Anti-Discrimination Act to the Upper House earlier this year. In a speech on the Bill, Latham invoked Margaret …
Queensland votes – Queer Newsweek election special
Queensland goes to the polls this Saturday 31 October. Shelley Argent joins us on Queer Newsweek for an election special. As at previous elections, prior to the Queensland vote, Shelley contacted the major parties concerning their LGBTIQ+ policies. Scroll down for video Letters from Deputy Premier and Shadow Attorney-General at bottom of the article. Shelley …
