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The Informer

26 Sep 2016

Political Cartoons and Plebiscite Talks w Terri Butler

Government & Organisations, News & Politics, Sexuality, Society & Culture

Political Cartoons and Plebiscite Talks w Terri Butler

Talks between Labor’s Mark Dreyfus and Terri Butler and the Coalition’s George Brandis and Scott Ryan about a possible plebiscite compromise broke down quickly today, with both sides blaming each other for the outcome.

Terri Butler joined us to explain what went on behind closed doors, and what the future of same-sex marriage may be.

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Bill Leak was not interested in commenting on the cartoon published in The Australian this Wednesday, political cartoonist Peter Nicholson joined us for insight on the role of political cartoons in Australia.

Deakin University is hosting discussion panels this week on Queer Generations as part of a research project into the experiences of queer people growing up in the 70s and the 90s.

Melbourne event:
6pm, Tuesday 27 September, Rooms 102/103, 215 Franklin St, Melbourne
 
Bendigo event:
6pm, Wednesday 28 September, The Schaller Studio, cnr of Bayne & Lucan Streets, Bendigo
Daniel Marshall joins to fill us in! Find out more at https://queergenerations.org/ or email Daniel Marshall at daniel.marshall@deakin.edu.au to RSVP.

Bill Leak and the Hon. George Brandis were contacted but not available for comment.

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