Sarah Hanson-Young

Sarah Hanson-Young is a Greens Senator for South Australia.

She was first elected in 2007, following years of community activism in support of asylum seekers and refugees, and work for Amnesty International as a Campaign Manager.

She is the Greens spokesperson on Immigration and Human Rights, Education, Youth, the Murray Darling Basin and Sexuality and Gender Identity.

Her Marriage Equality Bill will be the first dedicated piece of legislation relating to same-sex marriage debated in Federal Parliament.

Man up, Kev and Tony, have a free vote on equal marriage

25 Feb 10 I have a challenge for Kevin Rudd and Tony Abbott – when my Marriage Equality Bill comes before Parliament today,…... Read more

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Mr Rudd, asylum seekers are real people

21 Oct 09 What would you do if you had fled halfway across the world to save your life, and ended up in…... Read more

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