Despite vocal opposition from the Coalition and a new women’s group, Labor bill looks set to pass parliament
The Victorian parliament is gearing up for a debate over the rights of transgender and non-binary people to be able to choose the gender listed on their birth certificates.
Under current law in Victoria, in order for transgender people to have their birth certificate changed to affirm their gender, they have to have undergone sex affirming surgery, often at great cost. It is something many transgender people do not wish to undertake, it is not covered by Medicare, and often the surgery is not available in Australia.
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Month: August 2019
Harris on guns: ‘Prepared by executive action’ to ban import of assault weapons
Presidential candidate, Sen. Kamala Harris joins Meet The Press this Sunday for an exclusive interview about the gun rights debate, immigration and health care reform.
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Lindsey Graham promises Obamacare repeal if Trump wins and GOP takes back the House
The South Carolina Republican also seemed to blame Sen. John McCain for an earlier Republican failure to get rid of the Affordable Care Act.
The 2020 presidential election might be the first to hinge on gun control
When is the right time to have a meaningful, substantive debate on gun control?
The correct answer, of course, is “yesterday.” For Republican lawmakers, the answer is “never.” For the field of Democrats running for president, the answer might finally be “now.”
It’s taken a few years — a few decades, perhaps — longer than one would hope, but Democrats in Congress and on the campaign trail are beginning to find their voice on the issue of gun control.
As recently as a f...
The Health 202: Mayor Pete proposes keeping Obamacare, with a public option
Here are the details of the mayor's first detailed proposal on health care.
The Trailer: Democrats are talking about Donald Trump
In this edition: Democrats and the difficulty of "making it about Trump," the state of the race in Iowa before the state fair, and a Medicare fight that's going to happen sooner than later.
Lindsey Graham vows to repeal Obamacare if GOP takes control in 2020
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) admitted to a local radio station this week that if Republicans regain control of Congress in the 2020 elections, they will do what they failed to during the first two years of the Trump administration: repeal Obamacare.
In a Monday radio interview first flagged by the progressive blog Joe. My. God., Graham explained that the next election would be about health care repeal.
“This is what 2020 is about. If we can get the House back and keep our major...
NSW abortion bill passes first hurdle
Bill passes lower house of New South Wales parliament after lengthy debate
An NSW bill to decriminalise abortion has passed its first hurdle after a lengthy and passionate debate in the lower house.
However, proponents of the Reproductive Health Care Reform Bill 2019 face further hurdles as it now goes to the upper house for consideration.
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