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Federal Election 2010 - Rainbow Families Council statement about issues to be addressed |
| Posted on Jul 22 2010 |
Rainbow Families Council believes three key issues for rainbow families and children with same sex parents should be addressed on a Federal level.
These are Marriage Equality, discrimination in adoption law, and ensuring that federally-funded services are inclusive of children with same-sex parents and their families. By highlighting these, we aim to start conversations amongst candidates and political parties about the impact of discrimination on our children, our families and indeed all rainbow families across Australia.
Download the pdf document below (RFC Federal election statement). Please feel free to email the pdf document to your local federal MP or to the candidates in your area with a small note explaining why you believe these issues are important. You might want to add your own concerns as well.
Your federal House of Representatives member of parliament can be found by entering your suburb or postcode at:
http://apps.aec.gov.au/esearch/
The contacts of the 12 Victorian Senators can be found at:
http://www.aph.gov.au/Senate/Senators/homepages/state.asp?state=vic
Political Party contacts can be found at:
- Labor http://www.alp.org.au/home
- Liberals http://www.liberal.org.au
- Nationals http://www.nationals.org.au/Home.aspx
- Greens http://greensmps.org.au/
- Democrats http://www.democrats.org.au/index.htm
See also: the issues being raised by the National LGBT Health Alliance for the federal election
Back Rainbow Families Council 2010 Federal Election statement | downloads: 45 | type: pdf | size: 157 kB |
| Federal inquiry into donor conception - RFC information sheet | downloads: 35 | type: pdf | size: 807 kB |
Rainbow Families Council's suggestions for responding to the federal inquiry |
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| Victorian Assisted Reproductive Treatment Authority News July 2010 | downloads: 43 | type: pdf | size: 61 kB |
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