Equality bulletin #56

This Equality bulletin was issued by the TGLRG on Thursday March 16th 2006.

Hi Everyone,

This is a very short Equality Bulletin.

It includes information about Saturday’s elections in Tasmania and South Australia.

Rodney Croome
16.3.06

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Tasmanian parties’ survey response
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The Tasmanian Gay and Lesbian Rights Group has received responses from all three Tasmanian political parties to its 2006 election survey.

We have also received statements from several candidates giving their vision for the LGBT community over the next ten years.

All party responses and candidate statements have been posted to
http://www.movingforward.org.au

A copy of our election survey can be found at
http://www.movingforward.org.au/electionsurvey.html

The Liberal response can be found at
http://www.movingforward.org.au/liberal.html

The Greens response can be found at
http://www.movingforward.org.au/greens.html

The Labor response can be found at
http://www.movingforward.org.au/labor.html

Individual candidate statements can be found at
http://www.movingforward.org.au/candidatestatements.html

For other information about the Tasmanian election visit
http://www.tglrg.org


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South Australian parties’ policies graded
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Let’s Get Equal has graded all parties contesting the SA election on the basis of their policies and records on same-sex couple rights.

LGE’s assessment can be found at
http://www.letsgetequal.org.au/news.php#post32