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ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr, Australia’s only out gay head of state, has an important message for public health authorities dealing with the monkeypox outbreak. Barr said that it was important to get the message out that this was not some “niche disease” that only impacted gay men. Barr was speaking to the media following Thursday’s National Cabinet meeting where Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, state premiers and territory chief ministers met to coordinate the national response to COVID-19, foot and mouth disease and monkeypox. Barr said that some of the commentary around monkeypox was “concerning”.  “This monkeypox is not a gay man’s disease. Monkeypox is transmitted by close, personal contact.

Last night’s episode starred Kitty Flanagan, Aaron Chen, Amanda Keller, Ed Kavalee and Sam Pang alongside host Tom Gleisner. 

Attorney general Mark Dreyfus on Wednesday said that Prime Minister Anthony Albanese-led Labor government would bring in a new religious discrimination bill before the Parliament. “It’s something that we will do… we are bringing the religious discrimination legislation before the parliament,” the Attorney General told Patricia Karvelas on RN Breakfast, in response to a question about whether Labor will legislate a religious discrimination law that also protects gay and trans students. Labor leader Anthony Albanese and Senator Penny Wong at the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade in March 2022. Image: SuppliedLGBTQI advocates have cautioned the Labor government against repeating the mistakes of the Scott Morrison government, which tried to unsuccessfully pass an anti-LGBTQI Religious discrimination bill earlier this year. The attorney general’s statement is not a new revelation.

WATCH: Anthony Albanese's personal messages to partner Jodie and son Nathan during his victory speechWhile she doesn’t really have an official title as it stands, we can expect to see a whole lot more of Jodie over the coming months and years as Mr Albanese settles into his new role.RELATED: Abbie Chatfield lashes out over election results - read here.She’ll most likely be living with him between the PM’s residences in Canberra and Kirribilli, NSW, attending flashy events and meeting important people on his arm.So who is Jodie and why is she going to be a woman to watch in the next few years? Keep scrolling to find out.Jodie and Mr Albanese (who shall be affectionately known as Albo for the rest of this piece) met in 2020 at an event in Melbourne, where they bonded over a love for the Rabbitohs.He called for any South Sydney NRL supporters in the crowd to make themselves known and Jodie called out “up the Rabbitohs!”.Not the most romantic way to start things, but soon after Jodie “slid into his DMs” on Twitter and made the first real move.“I knew that we both followed the same footy team, we both have a love for the Inner West and I think I said in that direct message: ‘hey, we’re both single’,” she told news.com.au.Can you believe Jodie “slid into his DMs” on Twitter?Albo, who had split from his wife of almost 20 years in 2019, wasn’t looking for love when he agreed to meet Jodie for a drink – but that’s what he got.“We had what I thought would just be a drink at Young Henrys in Newtown, and we got on really well.

WATCH BELOW: Abbie Chatfield reacts to angry liberal supporters after election. The former Bachelor star was among many celebs who took to social media on Saturday night to react to news Anthony Albanese will be Australia’s new Prime Minister.Posting a snap of her and a number of unidentified friends flipping the bird to a phone streaming Scott Morrison’s concession speech, Abbie made her stance on the election very clear.RELATED: Your definitive guide to all the Bachelor rumours in 2022 - read here.“Bye babe!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hope you know everyone in this club was happy when I told them u lost,” she captioned the bold photo, adding, “Yes, we are watching the election at a bar.”Mr Morrison’s supporters didn’t take kindly to the post, flooding Abbie’s inbox with angry messages which she responded to in a series of straight-talking stories on Sunday night.Abbie made her political opinions known before and during the election.“There are so many liberal party voters abusing me in my DMs like they were Trump supporters when Trump lost in 2020,”“I’m just like, it doesn’t matter. You lost.

LGBTQI advocates have asked the Australian Labor Party and opposition leader Anthony Albanese to spell out their plans for a Religious Discrimination Bill. This follows National Catholic Education Commission (NCEC) setting an April 29 deadline for the ALP to explain “what a finalised Albanese Government Religious Discrimination Bill will contain”.Just.Equal said they had written to Dreyfus with four questions on the issue. The organisation wanted to know, if a Labor government would “allow discrimination by faith-based schools against LGBTQ teachers at the point of recruitment, allow discrimination by faith-based schools against LGBTQ students under the guise of “religious belief”, allow discrimination against LGBTQ staff and volunteers in other faith-based services and override existing state and territory laws against LGBTQ discrimination, including existing protections for teachers in faith-based schools as well as Section 17 of Tasmania’s Anti-Discrimination Act.” On February 10, 2022, Albanese had issued a statement after Prime Minister Scott Morrison indefinitely shelved his government’s Religious Discrimination Bill.

Trigger Warning: This story discusses transphobic comments, which might be distressing to some readers. For 24 hour crisis support and suicide prevention call Lifeline on 13 11 14. For Australia-wide LGBTQI peer support call QLife on 1800 184 527 or webchat.Deves, co-founder of the Save Women’s Sport group that aims to stop trans women from competing in female sports, is a Liberal candidate for the crucial seat of Warringah, which is currently held by Independent Zali Steggall.News.com.au reported that in social media posts Deves had described trans kids as “surgically mutilated and sterilised” and in another post had said she was “triggered” by the LGBTQI Rainbow Pride flag.In one of the posts, Deves shared a photo of a trans teenager, who had their breasts removed.

Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras chief executive Albert Kruger has called for a full NSW police investigation into the circumstances that led to the ejection of one of the original ‘78ers Barbara Karpinski from her seat in the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) during the Mardi Gras parade on Saturday night. He has also initiated an internal Mardi Gras investigation. Kruger told the Star Observer that he is in no doubt that the incident happened. He said that the police action was “unacceptable” and that he is “upset about it to be honest”. Karpinski was removed after standing briefly in the stadium seating area holding a handmade poster calling for peace and an end to the war in Ukraine.

Hundreds of people rallied in the rain at Sydney’s Town Hall against the Religious Discrimination Bill on Saturday afternoon.Organised by the Community Action for Rainbow Rights (CARR), speakers included NSW Greens MP David Shoebridge, Sydney Girls High year 10 student Sumaya, and CARR’s co-convenor April Holcombe.Sumaya, who identified as a queer Muslim, rallied the crowd with a passionate call to action, saying, “the Bill means that queer people across all areas of public life must live in fear. At the very best, we hide who we are. At the very worst, we lose everything.”Holcombe spoke of the continuing threat of the Bill, which was indefinitely shelved by the government on Thursday. “It might have been shelved this week, but it is not dead.

Sydney Morning Herald, would prohibit faith-based schools from expelling gay students, but they would retain the right to expel trans students.The newest proposal comes a week after Morrison responded to the Citipointe Christian College’s controversial student enrolment contract to expel gay and trans students.The new proposal will amend s38(3) of the Sex Discrimination Act along with passing the Religious Discrimination Act. The SDA provision allows faith-based organisations  to discriminate on the basis of sexuality, sexual orientation and gender identity.

A consultation called by Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese to discuss the proposed Religious Discrimination Bill has concluded with no clear outcome. In attendance were members of the Labor Party and key community stakeholders. 

By Rita Bratovich