Health warnings over civil union roll-back

Gay Queenslanders will suffer "real harm" if the Newman government revokes the right of same-sex couples to enter into civil unions, the head of the state's peak medical group has warned. ...

Brisbane Times • May 22, 2012

Queensland's first civil unions registered

Same sex couples lined up outside the Office of Births, Deaths and Marriages to be the first to register their civil partnerships with the Queensland Government this morning. ...

Brisbane Times • Feb 23, 2012

Bill repeal will traumatise gays: psych

Repealing laws allowing same sex couples to form civil unions will cause psychological damage to gays and lesbians, a psychologist says. Independent Queensland MP Rob Messenger on Tuesday announced he would put forward a private member's bill after the state election to repeal the same-sex civil union bill passed recently by Queensland parliament....

Brisbane Times • Dec 22, 2011

Australia: LNP may repeal same-sex civil union laws

Queensland's Liberal National Party may repeal laws that allow same-sex civil unions in the state if it wins government next year. The Civil Partnerships Bill passed parliament on Wednesday night, 47 votes to 40, with all 31 LNP MPs voting as a block against it....

Brisbane Times • Dec 2, 2011