The Rudd government should not interfere with the ACT's civil unions bill, as reported on page 3 ofThe Australian, Greens Leader Bob Brown said today
"Unlike Chief Minister Jon Stanhope who campaigned, and was elected, on the issue of civil unions, the Rudd government has no mandate to interfere with them," Senator Brown said.
"I wholeheartedly support the ACT civil union legislation. The Rudd government should remove all discrimination on the basis of sexuality under the law, including marriage."
Senator Brown introduced the Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Amendment (Disallowance Power of the Commonwealth) Bill 2006 to the Senate to remove the power of the executive to override ACT laws.
 
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