Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefThe Australian federal government has extended two key film and funding initiatives.
24.03.2021 - 10:49 / starobserver.com.au
An online petition has urged Australia to impose sanctions on two senior government officials known to persecute gay people in Chechnya.
The online petition by the Victorian Pride Lobby and addressed to Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Women, Marise Payne, has received around 1,500 signatures. The petition has asked Australia to impose sanctions on Ayub Kataev, head of the Russian Internal Affairs Ministry in Chechnya, a known persecutor of LGBTQ+ people and Abuzayed Vismuradov, the
.Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefThe Australian federal government has extended two key film and funding initiatives.
Australia is one of the few countries in the world to have openly gay politicians, including a head of government. Politics In Colour is organising a conversation with three openly gay Members of Parliament – NSW Minister Don Harwin, NSW Liberal MLC Shayne Mallard and Independent NSW MP Alex Greenwich – on April 15, 2021.
Fifty-seven year Perth-resident Michael Buhle remembers the first words he heard when he reached an under construction building site and was met by three men swinging baseball bats. “The first guy said, ‘we are going to teach you a lesson’,” Buhle told Star Observer in an email interview, recovering from the vicious homophobic attack that left him with a broken jaw, fractured skull and fearing for his life. Buhle, was one of the two men in Perth, who were lured by through the online dating app
According to the callout, which appeared on mycastingnet.com, producers of season three are looking for “Sexy, young and single” Aussies, aged 19 to 32 years.
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Married At First Sight star Lauren Huntriss has revealed she's looking into alternative ways to have children after fearing she'll never find the right man to settle down with.The reality star was matched with the season's "virgin groom" Matthew Bennet but didn't find love during the experiment, resulting in her leaving the show early.
Jessika Power has opened up about splitting from ex-boyfriend Filip Poznanovic and revealed that there might already be a new man on the horizon.In a chat with heat, the former Married at First Sight Australia star told us that the break up has left her hurting but she remains optimistic that "there'll be a line out the door soon."Remarking on what the future holds, the 29 year old joked, "Onwards and upwards to some hot UK man that I can't mention his name yet because I haven't decided if I
Mike Gunner has taken to social media to reveal what he really thinks of former co-star Nic Jovanovic and we definitely weren’t expecting this…During Married at First Sight Australia’s sixth season, Nic was the easy-going counterpart to ‘wife’ Cyrell Paule (who was, by contrast, the opposite of easy going) and he didn’t really cause much of a fuss, even when cast-mate Jessika Power admitted to fancying him.Addressing Jess’ declaration in a Q&A on Mike’s Instagram, one fan asked the 45 year old,
Australian broadcaster Channel Nine was the target of a cyberattack that saw the severe disruption of its live programming on Sunday, with the network now investigating whether the hack of its systems was "criminal sabotage or the work of a foreign nation." Over the weekend, hackers were able to bring down Nine's news production and current affairs services across Australia for more than 24 hours, with the network's website also affected.