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Australia s most respected LGBTI news source
Friday 13 August 2013 | Issue 1192 | starobserver.
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au
National
Serkan Ozturk
Though the election of Coalition leader Tony Abbott
as Australia’s...
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HEALTH & SPORT PAGE 22 SGLBA PAGE 31
FASHION FEATURE PAGE 17
Australia s most respected LGBTI news source
Friday 13 August 2013 | Issue 1192 | starobserver.
com.
au
National
Serkan Ozturk
Though the election of Coalition leader Tony Abbott
as Australia’s 28th prime minister has caused concern
amongst some sections of the LGBTI community,
marriage equality advocates have pointed to at least one
positive, with the number of MPs in the Lower House
supportiveofmarriagereformexpectedtorisetoatleast
50.
High-profile NSW Greens candidate Cate
FaehrmannseemslikelytojustmissoutonaSenateseat,
while longstanding LGBTI advocate WA Labor Senator
Louise Pratt is also close to losing her seat to Australian
Sports Party member Wayne Dropulich, despite the
next-to-unknown Dropulich receiving only 0.
22 per
cent of the primary vote.
Both Pratt and Faehrmann have now joined growing
calls – including from ABC election expert Antony
Green – for an overhaul of either the regulations
governing the eligibil
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