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QNN

5 Oct 2017

Q-mmunity Network News, Ep 36 2017

Government & Organizations, Health, News & Politics

Q-mmunity Network News, Ep 36 2017

Welcome to our weekly news bulletin for the gay and lesbian community, broadcast nationally via the Community Radio Network and on JOY 949. News this week includes;

  • The Australian Bureau of Statistics has released the first of it’s postal survey estimates.
  • One Nation leader, Pauline Hanson, has spoken out against rapper Macklemore, for performing his equality anthem “Same Love”.
  • Immigration Minister, Peter Dutton, also spoke out about Macklemore’s performance of “Same Love”.
  • Leader of the Australian Conservatives, Corey Bernardi, is planning for 1 million robo-calls to be made to 1 million Australian homes advocating a No vote.
  • An academic proposal to remove gender from school discussions of sex and anatomy has been made to ensure classroom sex education is more trans inclusive.
  • A crowd funding campaign launched this week, to repair a home damaged in a homophobic attack, has reached it’s goal in under an hour.

In Sport;

  • Former UFC Heavyweight champion, Fabricio Werdum, says he will undertake a LGBTIQ community outreach project after using an anti-gay slur.
  • An international Cricketer, Ben Stokes, has been arrested for defending two gay men in a public brawl.
  • NRL fans have expressed their annoyance at Channel 9 for showing a “No vote” ad after Macklemore performed “Same Love” at the NRL Grand Final.

 

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