Rainbow Labor and a Purple Policy Launch: Gender and Sexuality Issues

Blair Williams; Marian Sawer

doi:10.22459/DD.04.2018.28

Rainbow Labor and a Purple Policy Launch: Gender and Sexuality Issues

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In 2016, the Coalitions proposed plebiscite on same-sex marriage became a significant issue in the election and there was also a record number of openly gay candidates. For the first time, Labor had a rainbow policy launch, targeted at the lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex (LGBTI) community. The Coalition lacked a similar policy launch or formal rainbow network, but increased its number of openly gay parliamentarians and overtook Labor in terms of LGBTI representation.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Double Disillusion: The 2016 Australian Federal Election
Editors	Anika Gauja, Peter Chen, Jennifer Curtin and Juliet Pietsch
Place of Publication	Canberra, Australia
Publisher	ANU Press
Pages	641-660pp.
Volume	1
Edition	1st edition
ISBN (Print)	9781760461867
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.22459/DD.04.2018.28
Publication status	Published - 2018

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Double Disillusion: The 2016 Australian Federal Election. ed. / Anika Gauja, Peter Chen, Jennifer Curtin and Juliet Pietsch. Vol. 1 1st edition. ed. Canberra, Australia: ANU Press, 2018. p. 641-660pp.

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