To help inform your vote in the upcoming 2013 Federal Election to be held on 7 September 2013, a range of LGBTI organisations have surveyed the three political parties about the lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans* and intersex (LGBTI) related policy positions.

On this page you can read their full responses below to our survey with 12 topics and 42 questions and look over a summary assessment of their responses indicating if they have answered the question with a good, partial or bad answer, or not even answered it at all.

This summary of the three major parties’ responses, along with the assessment of their questions will assist members of the LGBTI communities, and people interested in LGBTI policy issues, to determine their own vote.

The survey was compiled as a joint initiative between the NSW Gay & Lesbian Rights Lobby (NSW GLRL), Transgender Victoria (TGV), the Victorian Gay & Lesbian Rights Lobby (VGLRL) and Organisation Intersex International Australia (OII Australia).

Melbourne will host the LGBTI 2013 Election Forum on Saturday 31 August 2013 from 2:30 onwards. To register for the event or submit a question to be asked of party representatives please visit www.vglrl.org.au/lgbti2013.

LGBTI 2013 Election Survey

Questionnaire

 Download a copy of the questions asked of the three major parties. [465.78 Kb]

Party Responses - Collated and Assessment

 Download a summary assessment handout of the party responses. [178.24 Kb]

 Download a booklet of the collated party responses including our summary assessment. [1.99 Mb]

Individual Party Responses

Each of the three major parties have provided their responses to the survey which are provided below in their original form:

 Australian Labor Party [854.01 Kb]

 Australian Greens [608.81 Kb]

 Liberal Nationals Coalition [271.79 Kb]

Given the small number of answers provided to the Coalition we have written back seeking further information from the Coalition about key items that were unanswered. You can view a copy of this letter here.

 29 August 2013 - Additional comments from Coalition [173.30 Kb]

#LGBTI2013 Election Forum

The Federal Election is fast approaching and to help you decide your vote, the Victorian Gay & Lesbian Rights Lobby - in partnership with Transgender Victoria and Organisation Intersex International Australia - is hosting the LGBTI 2013 Election Forum on Saturday 31 August 2013.

Hosted by Comedian Toby Halligan, Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus representing the ALP, Coalition MP Kelly O'Dwyer and Greens MP Adam Bandt will be at the forum to answer your questions on their respective parties' positions on LGBTI issues.

The forum will be held at:
DnMBar
119 Commercial Road, Prahran
Arrive at 2:30pm for a 3pm start.

RSVP to this free event is critical - visit http://lgbti2013.eventbrite.com.

To submit a question to one of the panelists, or for more information, visit http://www.vglrl.org.au/lgbti2013.