Support for marriage equality in Australia continues to gain momentum since the lower house of the state of Tasmania became the first in the country to formally support same-sex marriage…
Australia has adopted new passport regulations that allow trans citizens to select the gender with which they best identify. Until last week, all people had to either list their birth…
At least a few Canadian commentators have looked to Australia's process for selecting party leaders - with the party caucus rather than its membership making the choice - as a…
Same-sex marriage has been a fact of life in Canada for so long now that many of us have long forgotten the silly hysteria that led up to it. Yet,…
xstrata test pit at wandoan.jpg A GIANT mine planned in Queensland, Australia, is facing a court challenge over the impacts that burning its coal will have on rising sea-levels, global…
This is why the American Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) needs to be repealed. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services have denied immigration benefits to a bi-national married gay couple in…
Assorted content to start your week. - On the Nycole Turmel front: Christopher Majka cheers the fact that the NDP has managed to encourage so many more Quebeckers to see…
galileo.jpg THERE'S a new climate denial lobby group on the block - bravely regurgitating previously debunked pseudo-science and making wild unsubstantiated claims that climate scientists are all...
A month ago, Canada’s federal, provincial and territorial governments volunteered to be directly sued by investors under the Agreement on Internal Trade. This quiet announcement from Brudenell, Prince Edward Island,…
The target is Hans Schellnhuber, advisr to the German government:. My Australian is a bit weak, but a loose translation of the guy in the clip is: "Before you begin,…
coal ships.JPG SO Australia’s carbon price cards are finally on the table.From July next year, the Federal Government will look to price greenhouse gas emissions at $23 per tonne rising…
Ben Cohen, Hudson Taylor, Michael Irvin, Mike Chabala, and Nick YoungquestSource: Out MagazineIn its July 2011 issue, Out Magazine salutes five top sportsmen "who have stood up for fairness and…
With the announcement yesterday of a new carbon tax proposal, Australia is set to become the world leader on addressing climate change. Right now, Australia leads the world in per-capita…
Thrice married, born-again evangelical Chinese actress Lü Liping is facing international boycotts and has been banned from the 2011 Golden Horse Awards, considered the Oscars of Chinese cinema, after posting…
On July 17, 2011, surfers from around the world will gather at Sydney's Manly and Bondi beaches to take part in the first ever International Gay Surfers Day. Organized by…
Remarkable goings on in Australia: "Australian climate scientists face death threats, cyberbullying." Australia's leading climate change scientists are being targeted by a vicious, unrelenting email campaign that has resulted in…
The anti-science global warming deniers are getting desperate if not downright delirious. One can doubt that climate change is actually underway and question whether humans are at least partially responsible…
A pro-climate change ad campaign that calls for a tax on carbon has sparked a row in Australia. The ad campaign was funded by environmental groups including Greenpeace, WWF and…
I’ve avoided reading many news pieces about that whole 17 year old girl and nude photos of St Kilda Saints footy players affair as I felt like too few were…
Dear Assange: please shut the fuck up!
Is there an award for being the most insensitive, arrogant, misogynist asshole in the world? Because if there is, I have a candidate. And if there isn’t, I’m about to…