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Source: Canberra Times , AFP , The Australian , ABC News (Australia) SYDNEY -- Right-wing Australian Christian groups Monday welcomed a decision by a local territory government to abandon its plans to legalize same-sex civil union ceremonies after intervention from the Labor government of Prime Minister...

Source: The Age , ABC News (Australia) , Sydney Morning Herald SAME-SEX couples in Canberra have lost a legal battle for civil unions, after the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Government was forced into a humiliating backdown on the issue during tense negotiations with the Federal Government. ACT...

Source: Sydney Morning Herald , ABC News (Australia) , The Age A major victory is on the horizon in the long battle by gay and lesbian partners in Australia for the same legal and financial rights as de facto heterosexual couples, Sydney Morning Herald reports. Australia's federal government plans...

Source: Australian , Sydney Star Observer Canberra -- Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has been presented with his first major challenge on gay law reform from within his own party. The political leader of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) -- a small semi-autonomous area that includes the federal...

Source: News.com.au , Sydney Star Observer , and Wikipedia CLAUSES in the ACT (Australian Capital Territory) civil partnerships bill that would allow gay couples to hold a public ceremony marking their union are unacceptable, Attorney-General Robert McClelland says. "We think a civil unions register...