ADELAIDE: A large number of people turned out today on the banks of the Torrens River to pay tribute to the memory of Dr George Duncan who was murdered on this day 40 years ago.

South Australian Minister for Social Inclusion, Ian Hunter, will be the key speaker at the Dr Duncan Memorial to commemorate the 40th anniversary since his death.

The South Australian Upper House has passed a bill which is designed to allowed lesbian couples and single women access to IVF treatment.

It has been confirmed that South Australia’s Premier Jay Weatherill will grant a conscience vote for all Labor MPs in the state’s Parliament if a marriage equality bill is introduced locally should federal efforts at legislating for same-sex marriage fail this year.

Polling has identified South Australia as the key state for achieving national marriage equality with strong support seen from both the state’s main political parties.

Last week, Labor MP Ian Hunter introduced a new bill into SA parliament seeking to amend legislation that would allow lesbian couples and single women access to assisted reproductive treatment (ART).

ADELAIDE: South Australian Minister for Social Inclusion Ian Hunter has told ABC Radio he is so doubtful of equal marriage rights in Australia being reached this year that he is planning to marry his partner in Spain within the next 12 months.

Growing activism and a shift in public mood towards marriage equality, culminating in the ALP adopting same-sex marriage as part of its policy platform, was the big news this year. But plenty of other good and not so good things have also gone down. Alex Dunkin gives an overview.

South Australian Premier Jay Weatherill has backed a push to allow same-sex couples access to IVF treatment in South Australia.

Female same-sex couples in South Australia from today can place both their names on their child’s birth certificate.

ADELAIDE: The equal marriage movement has received further support within the State Legislative Council after new Labor MLC Gerry Kandelaars declared his support for same-sex marriage.

South Australian Labor MLC Ian Hunter has begun lobbying for the Commonwealth to declare its support of LGBTI rights before the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, CHOGM, in Perth from October 28 to 30 this year.

The Pinnacle Foundation launched in South Australia at Parliament House last week with the Minister for Education Jay Weatherill and the state’s first recipient of the scholarship, Neville Fields, amongst the guest speakers.