Wagga City Council votes against motion to fly rainbow flag in support of LGBTI community

Stephen Mudd
Updated September 26 2017 - 8:57am, first published September 25 2017 - 10:00pm
CAMPAIGNERS: Steve and Kat van der Wijngaart, Patrick Flynn, Melanie Renkin, Emily Marsh, Victoria Edwards, Ray Goodlass and Zara van der Wijngaart asked Wagga City Council for support during the same-sex marriage postal vote but were ultimately denied. Picture: Les Smith.
CAMPAIGNERS: Steve and Kat van der Wijngaart, Patrick Flynn, Melanie Renkin, Emily Marsh, Victoria Edwards, Ray Goodlass and Zara van der Wijngaart asked Wagga City Council for support during the same-sex marriage postal vote but were ultimately denied. Picture: Les Smith.

A bright flash of rainbow colours and two impassioned speeches from the LGBTI community failed to convince councillors to fly the rainbow flag at Monday night’s council meeting.

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Stephen Mudd

Stephen Mudd

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Stephen Mudd is a journalist for Fairfax Media west of the great divide. He loves music, dogs and travel.

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