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Australian Marriage Equality

The Day the World Changed: Behind the Scenes at the Parliament

The Day the World Changed: Behind the Scenes at the Parliament

by Jac Tomlins · Dec 20, 2017

Last week Star Observer ran this story about our trip to Canberra and I shared it on social media. This version – with added pics – is for the record and all the non social media peeps. The girls cartwheel across the Parliament forecourt as Corin parkours up the surrounding sloping walls. Given the events […]

Filed Under: Marriage Equality, Personal Tagged With: Australian Marriage Equality, Rainbow Families Victoria

Thanks for the ride peeps!

Thanks for the ride peeps!

by Jac Tomlins · Dec 16, 2016

If you are on the Australian Equality Party mailing list or are a Facebook friend, you may have already read this in a Newsletter or Note. This blog is for everyone else, and especially for my Canadian in-laws, who stay in touch by blog – and who’ve been extremely supportive of this venture. It’s also […]

Filed Under: Marriage Equality, Personal Tagged With: Australian Equality Party, Australian Marriage Equality, Jason Tuazon McCheyne, marriage equality

The Rainbow Families’ Plebiscite Campaign

The Rainbow Families’ Plebiscite Campaign

by Jac Tomlins · Dec 1, 2016

Recently, I was asked to present at the Australian Progress FWD+Organise event in Sydney on the Rainbow Families’ Plebiscite Campaign. The Rainbow Families’ campaign was led by Felicity Marlowe and was part of a bigger anti-plebiscite campaign coordinated by Rodney Croome, Ivan Hinton-Teoh and Shelley Argent. Since then, I’ve been asked by a number of […]

Filed Under: Kids and parenting, Marriage Equality, Rainbow families Tagged With: Australian Marriage Equality, Australian Progress, Rainbow Families Council, Rainbow Families NSW

Why exactly did Howard change the Marriage Act when he did?

Why exactly did Howard change the Marriage Act when he did?

by Jac Tomlins · Sep 27, 2016

There have been a number of references in recent weeks to the original changes to the Marriage Act in 2004. Those changes were implemented in response to a specific series of events which I want to set down here. As has been noted many times, there was no plebiscite, just a swift and decisive change […]

Filed Under: Marriage Equality, Rainbow families Tagged With: Australian Marriage Equality, marriage equality, rainbow families

An open letter to the kids of rainbow families who went to Parliament this week

An open letter to the kids of rainbow families who went to Parliament this week

by Jac Tomlins · Sep 14, 2016

Yesterday I travelled to Canberra with a group of Rainbow Families to urge parliamentarians to block enabling legislation for a plebiscite in the Senate. The main aim of the day was to give our kids a voice and an opportunity to talk about how a plebiscite would affect them. The kids were fantastic and, as […]

Filed Under: Kids and parenting, Marriage Equality, Rainbow families Tagged With: Australian Marriage Equality, Just Equal, PFlag, Rainbow Families Council

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