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We've gotta aspire to give our children

what I believe to be the very best circumstances,

and that's to have a mother and a father.

Marriage is between a man and a woman

because of children, because motherhood and fatherhood are important.

What a load of rubbish.

Legalizing same-sex marriage will institute

the motherless family, or the fatherless family.

It will inflict that deprivation on those children.

Same-sex couples cannot simultaneously

provide both mothering and fathering skills.

Opponents of gay marriage argue that

it's hard for the children to have parents of the same sex.

I and the Labor Party have a clear policy--

Who takes the boy to football?

Who tells him what's right from wrong?

If this bill is passed, it would seriously

deter mothers putting their babies up for adoption.

As it's natural, children do best

with a biological, married mother and father.

I didn't have a dad as you know,

so I had this thing called a donor.

A donor is when a man delivers sperm

into the hospital, into a little container,

and then they freeze it so it's all fresh.

And then they give it to the woman's, two women,

that wanna have a baby, and then they have a baby.

And we did that, and now I'm here.

So should we just put all the stockings together, Jen?

Okay, here we go.

One Santa and reindeer platter coming up.

Look at that, that is definitely reindeers go for that.

I know reindeers, I know how they eat.

Like savages.

And you gotta write the note.

Didn't you have a note when you were a kid? That's what's wrong with you,

you didn't have a note from Santa

to say thanks for all the stuff.

You don't have to eat it, you can spit it out.

It's Christmas, everybody!

Look, it's Santa's footprints!

Oh it is too, he must have come down the slide!

It's reindeer's footprints!

Check it out!

I don't know if Santy's got horseshoes, does he, reindeer shoes?

It must be the reindeer.

I know, Mum, those are Santa's reindeers,

this is Santa's foot.

You see Rory, they must have gone from here,

did a big jump, landed here,

and then they must have started to fly.

That's why there aren't any more footprints, am I right, Amanda?

I love wrestling more than every

teensy little grain of sand in the world.

Then, fly in a spaceship across space,

and scatter them on every single star.

And then that's how much I like wrestling.

- I was wondering. - Yeah?

You know when the WWE comes to Australia?

- Yeah? - Can I go?

Do you want this paper?

Do not try and change the subject.

Can you go to wrestling?

Yeah, when it comes to Australia, please?

I don't know, we'll have to discuss it with Jamie.

Come on!

We'll discuss it.

How do you feel about it?

Well, you know I worry that it's just the worst...

I've heard this before!

...buffhead, male thing that exists.

It's the best buffhead male thing that exists!

Oh dear, the wrestling, the wrestling.

What are we gonna do about the wrestling, hm?

Let's do a breathing exercise.

Make sure you keep good posture throughout,

and breathe deeply into your abdominal area.

Your shoulders and your chest shouldn't move.

If you become a little dizzy, just take a short break.

This one's four sips in, and four hisses out.

In.

And out.

In.

And out.

When you sing, you just forget everything else.

And out.

Especially when you're stressed, you just start singing

and you forget that you're angry about something,

and you just listen to the song, and you pretend you're there.

Â™Ş Too late for second guessing

♪ Too late to Go back to sleep ♪

I really wanna get into Newtown.

It's a really good school.

If I went there, it'd probably be the place where I'd most be accepted.

Having two mums you're probably gonna have a better time of it,

being at Newtown than you would in

a school out west, where they may not be quite so tolerant

of the fact that you have two moms.

In Newtown, no one's even gonna blink

at the fact that you have two moms.

So it's probably the school that's best for you.

What high school am I going to if I don't get into Newtown?

No, you're getting into Newtown.

How do you know?

'Cause you'll get into Newtown!

I have faith in you, you're gonna get into Newtown.

Don't you need a backup plan?

Even if it takes us moving back to Newtown,

you'll go to Newtown as a local.

It's all right.

Breathe.

This is the last one.

Make it really steady.

Keep going.

Mum?

About AFL.

I've been keeping up quite a lot on my homework.

And they're enrolling pretty soon, and I would like to join,

and I've only got one homework strike,

that was 'cause over the weekend.

But I've learnt my lesson

so now I'm doing every single bit of homework tonight,

for all year.

So when will you be doing AFL?

When are the times for AFL?

Sunday.

No way, mate.

That's Saturday sports, Sunday sports,

we have a right to have a weekend, too.

So this is not just about you.

And as a mature young man, in year seven,

your consideration shouldn't just be for what you want.

That's my time to visit God, that's my time to talk to God.

So for me, that is very important to me.

So if your game ends up being on a Sunday morning,

that means that I'm missing church.

I went to Bible study last Sunday,

We just read out a passage and tried to

think of the meaning of that passage.

There's a non-believers tunnel which is very wide

and easy to go through.

But then there's a believers tunnel that is very thin

and not so easy to go through.

And the reason why the believers tunnel is so thin

is because one, not many people choose it,

and two, it's hard to stay on that track

once you've chosen it,

because not all good things in life come easy.

At our age, we have a decision now

whether or not we believe or don't believe in God.

Your call, man.

If you can read what the school lunch is to us, then you can have it.

The Wednesday special is...

With an--

Is what?

Is ruh-ah...

- Rah. - Rav-oh--

And then what's the next letter? - Rav-in--

No, Rav, ee--

- O, lee. - O, lee.

- Say it again? - Rav-ah-oli.

Ravioli.

Return to the canteen by Sunday.

Okay, is that really Sunday?

- Saturday. - Is that really Saturday?

Oh, Thursday.

Is that really Thursday?

Tuesday.

Yeah, you guessed four other days.

Turn it over and spell Tuesday.

Yeah, turn it over and spell Tuesday for me.

The days of the week thing let you down.

Yeah, the days of the week thing is pretty upsetting I'd say.

If you don't read, you'll end up on the streets.

And if you do read, you might become

the greatest author in the world or,

the richest man in the world.

Or you could just be a normal person like everyone else.

Everyone reads.

Tomorrow we're leaving to go to Fiji.

Maybe you should wear this on the plane.

Could you imagine if you walk up to Fiji in this, I think you'd be a bit hot.

I'll wear this.

We moved to Fiji for Dad's work.

We're gonna have different uniforms,

different food, different house.

If you hit Husky Harris in the skull right now...

Three.

...there will be serious consequences and repercussions.

I am on the long road to puberty, which is when you become a man.

Most people say...

Gonna be a daredevil.

...that to be manly, you have to like, wear cologne,

and talk different, and have these really big muscles and biceps.

But I don't really know when

you're manly.

- Skin the rabbit like grandma does. - Skin the rabbit.

Ready, one, two, three, skin. Oh jeez, I can't do it.

Come on, one, two, three, skin the rabbit.

Okay, one, two, three.

Oh, sunshine, ray of sunshine, arms up, careful.

Go ahead.

Okay, I'm gonna say the first few names,

and you have to say their last name. John?

Michael.

No, that's Sean Michaels. What about John C, C?

Cena.

Cena!

And Cody?

Rhodes.

Cody Rhodes!

Cody Rhodes! And Triple...

H!

Good girl, The Un...

Undertaker.

Undertaker!

Please don't indoctrinate your sister too much with wrestling.

Okay, I'm thinking of someone else.

I mean it though, Gus, really.

Yeah, sure Jamie, sure.

It is five minutes rule, you need to quickly wash your face.

What about the one, the girl?

Don't forget the girl wrestlers, Gus.

Who's gonna be the girl?

The girls?

This one!

I love that you're shopping with me

for your mother's underwear, it's great.

Just a bit unsexy the whole lot of it, isn't it?

Stylish!

Make it look like you're the joker.

Um!

Can you not do that please?

Sure.

That is really not for you.

Do you want a tissue?

Uh, okay then.

Thank you.

If it's a tester, you can wear it.

You don't have to wipe it off just 'cause you freaked her out 'cause of her gender crisis,

but if it's not a tester you can't use it them.

They are testers though.

All right, we'll just tell her it's fine

you like wearing lipstick, Gus.

Just apologize for upsetting her,

but tell her it's fine to wear lipstick.

Okay, come and help me clean that off, now.

I'm thinking.

It's okay, darling.

Max, you all right? I'm thinking this.

What do you think about that for your mother?

Uh...

Is that sexy jammas?

You're in the shire, so people don't understand

that boys might like to wear lipstick as well. It's not that weird, really.

No.

Just tell her you're practicing for Mardi Gras.

I'll tell her.

Nah, I don't wanna go near her again.

Beat the car, beat the car!

They called the bus.

I know, but the car broke down again.

Again?

Again.

We didn't see you so we started walking.

Good.

- Hi, Mom. - Hi.

In Power Meadow, I don't know like,

anyone who has a family like mine.

Gotta get the baby out of the car,

and Ang has to drive the car around for--

- I gave him my number. - Did you?

You mean gave him my number.

Most of the time when I meet someone,

I go, oh yeah my parents are gay, and they go, "What?"

Two pea soups or one!

Kind of looking forward to going to high school,

finally getting out of Power Meadow.

You will be starting your tutoring on the 9th.

She wants you to learn your song before

you even go there, so you have to have finally

picked a song that you have to know your song

off by heart before you even get there,

so that she can do as much work with you.

Off by heart?

Off by heart! 'Cause the lady says you have to know it

before she can work with you.

So she'll teach you some techniques and stuff like that.

Probably teach you more breathing techniques,

'cause that's what you had a little bit of trouble with.

Breathing stuff, so if you don't want to end up going to

Northmead, you're going to have to pull your finger out,

and make the effort for Newtown.

Okay.

We don't really have that much money.

'Cause neither of them can work 'cause,

mainly they have to look after Ashaan who

hasn't slept through the night once in his life,

who has epilepsy and, it's just been hard.

How's his meds going?

He was having seizure after seizure after seizure

so we had to get in touch with the neurologist,

and they've uped the dosage.

He's put on weight--

You're splashing my head!

And he's grown and stuff so he needs more.

You haven't been on Facebook lately,

he had two seizures while I was carrying him

in my hiking pack on my back.

Is he asleep or?

Yeah, asleep, he's always asleep.

Have your medicine, good boy!

Good boy!

Very good.

No, he's gonna wanna touch it!

Oh no, don't!

It must be a really really good school for Mum

to go to such extreme measures to try and get me in.

Seth hasn't even been able to go into karate lessons

because she's been spending so much money on me.

Makes me very grateful.

Thank you Lord for the wonderful family that we have,

and the blessings that we have.

For what we are about to receive,

may the Lord make us truly thankful.

Amen.

Bon appetit everybody!

Are you serious?

I'm starting!

Matt, you've got porridge.

So I'll take Matt on a Thursday,

you take Dylan on a Wednesday.

My mom and dad were very happy

while they were married.

Probably looking at a Thursday night,

'cause I've got sprinting, long-distance throws,

and high jumps.

I think it's when my brother and I came along.

Then I guess they just thought that

it's better if they got divorced,

because they didn't want Dylan and I to hear them shouting at each other.

My mom met Lou.

Lou's cooked for me,

loved me,

done so many things for me that,

I never thought that somebody who wasn't my parent

or related to me, could do.

I'm getting on with the job with the strong support of my caucus.

Same-sex couples heading to dinner

at the lodge with Julia Gillard,

hoping to change the PM's mind about gay marriage.

Standing in the wings, one of those lucky couples,

as Carrie mentioned, and they're looking forward to

their date with the PM.

We just wanna go to dinner and make her aware

of what our situation is, what our family is.

You know that Julia Gillard said she's against it.

Would you vote for any politician to be PM

on this one issue, is that important enough for you

that it would override everything else?

Of course it is, this issue's very important to us,

it's our lives. And when we go to vote, we'll vote for the party that

aligns with our interests and our policies,

and the way we feel about things, and what's important to us.

Sound like me.

Your accent is a bit stronger on TV,

but it's not that much stronger.

Yeah, 'cause when I get under stress, my accent comes off more.

Oh, yah.

Oh, yah.

Is it our weekend with you guys? It is, isn't it?

I've got that church thing on Sunday.

Well, Dad will be coming down to stay.

Are you sure that's what you want?

Because I got a phone call from Beck, she wanted to

chat to you. Are you happy to go to Bible study with her?

I don't mind.

Well I think, honey if you're going to make up

your mind about something, you need to know the facts

before you make a decision, yeah?

And at the moment,

you're only focusing on one thing, aren't you?

What do you mean one thing?

Well, you know we were talking about it the other night,

and the conclusion we came to...

I'm gonna wash up.

Okay, you go shower.

For me, I was brought up with the Bible.

I listened to stories every single day.

And for me it was my favorite storybook, I loved it.

And it wasn't just a storybook, it took me a while

to realize that this was actually based on

people's stories of things that they actually experienced.

Like how did we find out how babies were born?

How did we?

From people experiencing it.

But how did it first come about?

You know, who made the world?

Who made it, how did it come into existence?

Space.

And how did space come about?

How did it first get there?

I don't know.

It just was there.

You are entitled to your own beliefs,

and to not believe in God if that is what you want.

But, I want you to learn more about the Bible,

and so that you have the facts.

My mom has told me a few stories about the priests

at church telling us that Mom is a sin against God.

And they're saying that

God created a man and a woman so they could be together,

and make new generations and everything.

Personally I think that God made everyone to be who they are.

Moses, Moses, Moses, Moses.

This is my third time moving to my third house.

Please take the time to familiarize yourself

with your nearest exit, remembering that it might be behind you.

My second one was just a care one.

The third one is Matt and Pete,

and this is the fourth move to Fiji.

When I was five, I couldn't speak

because my first family didn't teach me.

So the boys are gonna be here on your visa,

so you're the father.

Uh-huh.

So how are we explaining me to the school?

He could be our babysitter.

I think that Matt's right, guys.

I think in this culture we have to be careful about

how we introduce the fact that you have two dads.

So the idea is, Matt's and my relationship, that's private, okay?

So no one needs to know that relationship.

Like if people say, "Oh that's your dad,

who's that other guy?" You say, "Oh he, he's with us too."

- He's a friend. - He helps look after us.

Woah, it is a big tooth, Graham.

Is that a baby tooth?

It is a baby tooth.

Pretty cool.

Can you go put it in a glass of water?

Love you honey, we'll see you in the morning.

Did you hear the rain this morning?

Nope.

Lots of rain this morning.

A lot of it.

Boys, we have two things planned for today.

Is it generous?

Generous, friend and,

such good friends.

Oh what's this?

What is it?

Oh she must have dropped it on my bedside table.

Liar!

Liar.

So wait, the tooth fairy not only brought you

one dollar Australian instead of one dollar Fijian,

she dropped the tooth on my bedside table.

You're the tooth fairy! He is the tooth fairy!

Okay Michael, Graham, you don't believe, you don't receive, okay?

I can't believe the tooth fairy dropped the tooth on

my bedside table in the middle of the night.

Well, I think she must have gotten.

Lying is sometimes good and sometimes bad.

If someone says, "Oh have you ate your lunch today?"

And you say yes, but you actually didn't, that's a bad lie.

And a good lie is, oh, I have a dad and,

he's looking after me, and the other one's just a carer.

And that's a good lie.

So these are a little tricky to

get open and closed, so you need to make sure that you push.

I think it's okay to lie about having two dads.

Because Fiji is not really keen on

gay people.

I don't think you'll need your hat in the classroom.

Geoboard. G-E-O-B-O-A-R-D.

Balloons. B-A-L-L-O-O-N-S.

B-A-R-A-L-L-E--

If you can't read, the letters will be like

A, A, B, B, all over the page like,

what's that, what's that, what's that?

Sometimes they don't make sense for me.

The OMG,

oh, my God moment was not what you saw.

It was a short period of time after that,

it was when the epic match between the Undertaker and myself--

Before I liked wrestling I was a little like,

fluffy and flowery and stuff.

Got a little too aggressive!

And then I really liked wrestling and then I became

a little rough and tough and mean.

Drop slam connecting!

...second decade of SmackDown.

Jesse James was then carried out by the paramedics!

Just cheap so he can sit up and

have the whole experience and just be on the stools

with every other kid that can't afford bloody, you know?

Really go.

The smack down!

What I'm worried about is that the wrestling men are such jerky men.

Hey!

That they're...

That they're a bit, that they hate, basically hate women.

What?

That they're anti-gay.

No!

I'm worried that you start thinking that that's

the way you be an interesting man,

or that's the way you be a sexy man,

or that's the way you be a popular man,

or something like that.

I quite like rough and tumble.

I think it's fun.

But I have a problem with the men doing that

awful kind of thing and the way they talk about women as if they're--

Mom, they never talk about women!

Like, they never do it.

They never talk about women.

But you told me there was something where some guy insulted some woman,

and some man was going out with her and her twin,

and he came straightaway and he flattened the guy,

like he didn't, like as if that is some kind of solution

to someone being--

No no, he talked to the guy,

and the guy wouldn't stop and the guy just slapped him,

and then he flattened the guy.

Well, doesn't sound great, does it?

He just slapped him and then he flattened him.

That was one thing that happened.

That is not, nothing like that has ever happened ever before.

But baby there's nothing that ever happens on it

that's about peace or about friendship,

or about caring for other people--

- There's heaps of friendship and there's heaps of caring! - Or about democracy.

I don't know what mocka-cy is but--

Democracy, it's where, it's where,

people sit down and they talk about what everybody wants,

and they work problems out by talking.

What?

Democracy.

No, there's no democracy.

No there's no democracy, it's all about flattening people

and just smashing their heads in.

No!

What about tag-team matches?

They're friends!

What about contract signing?

They sit down and talk.

It is your job to argue and raise questions, it is his job to listen.

My mom basically wants me to have a meeting

with the pastor, to have a little chat about God.

I just think that the meeting's gonna be a bit strange.

I'm talking to people that have believed in God

since they were like five years old.

It's almost like telling a child that Santa's not real.

So you don't really believe in God?

No.

What are the things that make you disbelieve God?

Well, they've just written this book where

everything is perfect and this is how

they think everything should live,

and that if you follow this then you have to live like this,

you can't marry someone that's not...

You can't marry the same sex,

and all that kind of stuff.

The issue under that in your life for you,

is the question about, oh, well who's to say that,

you know, who should marry who, and things like that?

That's the big question?

Yeah.

Yeah, that's really great.

With your mom and Lou that we can say look,

we really think the Bible says this,

but we love you, and love you to be here,

which you know is true.

So it's not always easy, because we really do disagree

on something that's very, very, very important to both of us.

Were you worried I'd be embarrassed if you asked that question?

- No. - Really?

It's a gutsy question.

Any question I like, all questions are good questions.

Why do you go to a church

where everyone thinks that you're a sin against God?

When you could just go to a church where

everyone thinks that you're normal?

For me, it's not about what people think.

It's what I believe my God believes,

and what he thinks about us.

You think that we should go to a different church?

- No, I'm just-- - Where we're accepted?

No, I'm just curious why you chose this church, instead of another one.

Has your disbelief in God got anything to do

with the fact that Lou and mommy are in a relationship,

and that that is a sin against God, as the Bible says?

That's a bit of it.

Okay.

All right, I'm just gonna be another 10 minutes,

'cause I'm still with my other student.

Sorry, I don't really have anywhere for you to sit, so just give me a sec.

When I first found out my mums were gay,

and they were going on like, together together and stuff,

I was kind of, I don't know,

I wasn't that accepting at first.

You always look so short in those pants.

I was the kind of person who would go,

"Haha, you're gay, you suck, you're gay."

Who would make jokes about it.

What are you doing? Leave her alone.

I'm doing her socks up!

People would slowly find out and,

I'd just kinda be like, "Yeah" and kinda run off.

It's not normal, you're not normal, and stuff,

the kind of things that would go around my head at the time.

See now that we've actually stopped.

- Hello again. - Hi.

It's gonna be a very crowded room tonight.

We might just, I just wanna sit here a little bit and then

we'll give you the space.

Do you wanna have a sing through it?

Are you warmed up and ready to go?

Have you done any singing this afternoon?

Not today.

Not today, all right, let's do a little bit of singing today.

Might need to get rid of the chewing gum,

there's tissue up top on the shelf there.

All right, so are you guys both staying,

or are you gonna give her some space?

We wanna listen to her sing.

Oh you wanna have a listen to her first.

All right, no worries.

I'll listen and then I'll go.

I think it's gonna be too short, obviously.

What about if we look at,

let's get that out for a second.

Let's time this, yeah?

When you're singing at home, how much louder is it?

Quite a bit louder.

Quite a bit louder, is it?

And so do you think maybe we could have a crack at

trying to get it to be quite a bit louder in here as well?

Maybe.

We'll have a go of it.

I sing better in my room, my shower.

Not in front of a crowd of people.

Â™Ş It's like Georgia rain ♪

♪ Someone else's game ♪

♪ Two like a sidewalk ♪

How are you? Go on through.

I'm very nervous about the audition.

I'm scared that I don't get in.

Ebony, come here, Ebony!

Have a practice song!

- Please? - No.

You need to practice, go on!

You need to get over your nerves.

Practice what you're gonna do for your audition.

She's afraid of everybody laughing.

No one's gonna laugh.

Just your little brother.

I'll put a hand over his mouth and you'll be fine.

I don't wanna do it.

Why?

That's ridiculous.

Go on, please?

Just go and brush your teeth and go hop into bed.

Off you go.

'Night chicken.

Night! - Go upstairs, go brush your teeth.

She needs to build up some more confidence,

and do things that make her feel uncomfortable.

She chucked tantrums at her teachers,

and stood there at Riverside Theater,

where she's performing in a combined choir,

with her arms crossed looking pissed off,

'cause she didn't wanna sing a song.

Not because she didn't wanna sing,

but because she didn't like the song.

She needs to be pushed to do things that

make her feel a little bit uncomfortable.

Â™Ş To those who ground me ♪

♪ Take a message back from me ♪

♪ And nobody in all of Oz ♪

♪ No wizard that there is Or was ♪

♪ Is ever gonna bring ♪

♪ Me down ♪

What's wrong with him?

What happened?

He's just had a seizure.

It's okay!

Your sissy's got you!

Sissy's got you.

It's all right, go do your practice.

Go do your practice, it's all right.

Guh, ih, ihd.

Okay Graham, honey.

What are our three rules?

Slow down, don't guess, read until the end of the word.

Right, what's the last letter there at the end of the word then?

Is it a "D"?

Deh, it.

Graham, the word is diet.

Diet, his diet--

It's not his at all, it's this.

This diet gave him--

Slow, stop.

Start at this beginning, slow down, and don't guess.

His--

It's not his honey, it's this.

This diet gave him a

tuh, tummy,

ache and a breath,

tem-puhr.

So his diet gave him a beastly temper.

All right? Let's keep going.

Just, okay my thoughts are,

to start inquiring about the resources that we might need.

And if that's a teacher that's retired,

or a young teacher at the university, or...

- Yeah. - Someone.

Someone who's studying teaching,

someone who's studying speech therapy,

someone who's studying, learning, whatever.

And we just need to let them know that he just

couldn't speak, when he came to live with us,

that all he had were vowel sounds, and hand signals.

But it's important that they know that that's,

like that it was that extreme, and he's done so well,

but that he really was at this like,

real disadvantage without being able to speak at

age five or whatever.

Okay, get ready for the test.

I will say the word.

They proudly sang their song, proudly.

Laughing, they were laughing at you.

Laughing.

You have to talk to my teacher.

Yeah.

- Who's the taxi? - How's school?

Good.

When I saw my test score, I was a bit sad because,

it was a bit low.

I got like five, no.

Four wrong, that's all.

You got four wrong out of six?

Yeah.

That's a lot.

I know that is, but--

What was the, what subject was it?

It was, it's like,

you read it, then you answer questions,

it's like those books.

- Reading comprehension? - Yeah.

And do you, you just have to fill in a word?

Or do you have to write sentences?

Sentences, and I...

Okay so it sounds like.

I only got like, two correct.

Yeah so it sounds like that's really

a hard thing for you, is that right?

Mm-hmm.

It doesn't care Dad, it's not that much.

Okay, what about the other kids in your class?

Is it a hard thing for them, do you reckon?

No, I don't know.

Cause we had to do it secretly.

You don't know how the other kids scored?

No one got the top mark, no.

Do you know how the other kids scored?

Miss said, "Put your hand up if you know,

"if I say your score".

So were you the lowest one in the class?

Yeah, kind of.

More than kind of, like yes.

Yeah.

The right level?

So before that it really--

I like that. Graham likes that as well.

The first time we found out about our Mum

having dinner with Julia Gillard,

she'll only have it if I'm okay with it,

'cause I'm going to a Catholic high school next year.

And the first thing I said was,

"Mum, there's nearly 5,000 kids in Waverly,

and not all 5,000 can bully me.

There will only be about, hopefully none."

Kids sometimes can come up with better ideas than adults.

They discriminate against my family, myself,

and all other gay families in Australia.

Does that make sense?

I think that one of mine or Dyl's ideas are gonna really

move the Prime Minister.

Our government has amended--

And maybe even make gay marriage legal.

Dear Lord, please keep us safe through the night,

and please watch over us as we fly to Canberra tomorrow.

Make sure that all the conditions are good, that we don't get hurt.

And that Matthew finds the answers that he's looking for.

- Thank you. - Thanks.

Hi, my name is Matthew, and I am 12 years old.

I have two mums, and I am proud of it.

My school teaches me that you should never judge someone

just 'cause they don't look like you.

I say this 'cause they call my mums "a sin against God".

Yes my darling.

We have two loving mums, and a loving dad.

Should I do up my top button?

I bought this cross when Pop died.

I know.

So Pop's coming to the Prime Minister's office with me.

He'd like that.

- Are you ready? - Mm-hm.

Sure?

I've got my phone in my pocket.

- Do you know I love you? - Mm-hm.

I sent Dad a text and he wished me luck.

They have all taught us manners,

acceptance of all others, no matter what,

stand up for what we believe in.

You ready?

No, not at all.

Don't be nervous, remember she's just a person like anybody else.

Let's do a breathing exercise.

Make sure you keep good posture throughout,

and breathe deeply into your abdominal area.

Your shoulders and your chest shouldn't move.

If you become a little dizzy, just take a short breath.

This one's four sips in, and four hisses out.

In.

Out.

It's just his seizures were so violent last night that he had to be held down.

Well, since I talked to you last and we increased the medicine,

actually his seizures have gotten worse,

and last night he had the worst ones that he's had.

And they were so violent that,

our 12-year-old was holding him to stop him from throwing himself off...

Yup.

Okay thanks, bye.

He's gotta get admitted.

And he's gotta stay admitted so they can get him

in to do a scan, they're changing his medication.

'Cause it's probably his medication making things worse.

And...

Yeah.

So I don't know how we're...

We'll have to just go in or he's being admitted?

He's being admitted while they change his medication,

'cause they can't take him off Tegretol

without him being admitted because he'll have more seizures.

So he's, I'll go pack some stuff and...

I'm sorry, Mum, I should have timed it exactly.

No, no, no.

It's not your fault.

Stop, stop, you're all right, stop.

Listen, sit down.

Sit down, no, sit down,

don't piss me off by not looking at me with respect,

you know you're making that funny eye thing and grinning.

Now listen both of you.

Listen, sit up okay?

This involves you, too, look at me.

Okay, is that where the piano was getting you.

Okay, I'm putting a ban on you wrestling with your sister,

and Rory, I'm putting a ban...

Listen, no, I'm not finished, okay?

This is not the first time, okay?

She's the one that always ends up crying.

I'm not saying it's always you trying to hurt her.

I'm just saying Gus, that you wrestle her like you wrestle your friends,

and I know she's quite strong, but you're much bigger, you're much stronger,

and you're much more skillful at it.

Sit down, or go to bed!

- I will go to bed! - Okay, good night, okay?

Jen, Gus is going to bed for the night.

No, I'm saying enough, okay?

Now listen, no more wrestling with your brother,

don't you make him wrestle you.

Do you understand?

Don't you make him wrestle you,

I don't want you to be hurt, I don't want you to hurt him,

you're too rough with it, okay, both of you.

And it's not okay anymore.

Okay, do you understand mum?

Do you understand me?

Every day, every day I have to stop you being hurt, because you wrestle.

Okay?

Okay Gus, I'm just reiterating that there is a wrestling ban.

There is a wrestling ban in this house on you and your sister.

Don't you silence me son, or you'll bloody be grounded for a week, okay?

Put your head out there and look at me

so I can tell you what's going on.

Tell me now.

I'm saying that it's a ban on wrestling

between you and your sister.

You already told me that.

- Okay, do you understand it? - Yes!

- Is that clear? - Yes!

- Will you abide by that? - Yes!

Right, now come and do your piano practice.

Really, no!

Okay, then you stay there and go to bed for the night. - Fine!

Go and clean your teeth then.

I'm reading, I wanna read!

Don't speak to me like that, Gus!

I'll clean my teeth later!

Do not talk over the top of me, okay?

I am angry, I get upset every day.

I have to adjudicate this rumbling! Now I know you don't mean it.

Okay, but you're too big.

You're too big to wrestle with her,

unless you can do it in a playful way,

where you're very very careful,

it's not gonna happen anymore, okay?

So over and out with the bloody wrestling.

Jen, do you have an opinion on that or what?

Am I overreacting or what?

I'm sick of it, you know, someone's gonna break something.

It would be good if you actually contributed

to the conversation slightly.

Okay, I agree with you.

It's true, it's too rough.

Rory needs to stop because she also talks Gus into--

No, I know she does!

I'm saying to her, enough, enough from everybody!

Rory!

- What? - What do you want?

Yeah?

Stay here and behave yourself.

- Okay. - Behave self.

Bee-hive.

Bee-hive.

He's on the emergency list till Monday.

But if there's an accident or,

someone with a bigger emergency,

then he'll get bumped to Tuesday.

But they're keeping him in 'til, 'til he has his MRI.

Mum doesn't cry often,

but she got me worried.

One or two of the doctors are saying that

it might not be epilepsy because of,

because he's too intelligent, he's right-handed

instead of left-handed and...

The only thing that really fits in with the epilepsy is that he's having seizures.

Do we have a family agreement

to look after each other differently?

- Yeah? - No wrestling.

No wrestling?

Okay, she's in.

I don't think anyone, I don't think Rory and Gus,

are committed to no wrestling.

Am I right or wrong?

I think rumbling is really nice,

but Gus gets her in headlocks, which I constantly worry about.

Rory is constantly attacking him, and wanting to wrestle.

I think it's really hard to have an absolute blanket rule.

I think what we want is smaller rules like,

no arms around the head.

Doing absolutely nothing like picking her up

where she can put her weight on her neck.

No punching, no punching, just hitting.

No weapons.

No punching's good.

No punching, just hitting. That's not a great rule.

You shouldn't punch or hit anyway.

Like this.

What about tickling instead of hitting or punching?

So Gus, what are the rules for you now?

I'm not allowed to have my hand around her neck.

Absolutely not.

And?

And I'm not allowed to put her on her head.

I've got a great rule. No pinching.

Yeah well you wouldn't pinch anyway, would you?

Rory you're the one--

No, Rory does pinch, so let her add her rules

to the list, so no pinching, that's a good rule.

Do you know when you play with your big brother--

No kicking.

And when you play with your little sister,

it's gotta be fun, and fair, and kind to each other, okay?

The biggest person has to take responsibility.

Yeah, which is why I get frustrated with you Gus.

For the littlest person getting hurt.

Do the kitty!

Kick me and then do the kitty!

Oh my God, kitty cat! Do another kit-kat.

Oh, God, she's gonna do it again!

Oh, kit-kat!

Now, looks to get the cover.

And one, two, three,

and here's your winner!

Kitty!

Okay, I'm gonna wake Ebony up.

- Yes. - Yup.

Yeah, it's time to wake up.

Â™Ş And five and six And seven and eight ♪

♪ And nine and 10 And 11 and 12 and 13 ♪

Breathe.

Â™Ş One and two and three And four and five and six ♪

♪ And seven and Eight and nine and 10 ♪

♪ And 11 and 12 and 13 ♪

Breathe.

Â™Ş One and two And three and four ♪

♪ And five and six And seven and eight ♪

Come here, I want you to wear this,

special thing for good luck.

It's an ankh.

Come on baby, come on and get some pants on please.

You excited, you nervous?

I'm too tired to be anything!

Morning application, so tell them because you've got,

no, two mums.

Oh, come on.

You guys might just have to get out and walk down.

You're kidding me.

Yeah 'cause I ran out of gas,

I'll just change it to petrol.

It'll go through.

It was doing so well!

Yeah it's just this...

I have to change it.

Â™Ş There's a fire Starting in my heart ♪

♪ Reaching a fever pitch and It's bringin' me out the dark ♪

♪ Baby I have A story to be told ♪

♪ I've heard one on you ♪

♪ And I'm gonna Make your head burn ♪

♪ The scars of your Love remind me of us ♪

♪ They keep me thinkin' That we almost had it all ♪

♪ We could have had it all ♪

♪ Rollin' in the deep ♪

♪ You had my heart inside ♪

♪ Your hand ♪

♪ But you played it You played it You played it ♪

♪ Played it to the beat ♪

Yeah thank you.

Okay, bye.

Now your third homework

is your writing homework.

Read the first part.

Write about yourself in one whole page.

Write proper sentences and neat paragraphs.

Now you're going to write about you.

You can write about how you were brought up,

who are your parents, right?

Yes.

Practice, because in the morning,

first thing we'll do when we come to school,

we'll sit, we'll be prepared to listen

to each and every one to stand here,

and read about what you've written.

Don't you wanna do homework?

Yeah.

Dad and I are desperate for you to be

the best kid that you can be,

and the best student that you can be.

We think that you are a clever, smart boy,

when he tries hard, he gets great results.

All right, come on?

You don't remember, I have a desk in there.

You do, but you go in there.

And if you wanted to really be pedantic,

which means give a lot of detail--

No way.

You could say things like, I have hazel eyes--

I have two dads.

And I am this tall and I weigh this much.

And I have two dads.

Well you could say that. Do you want to say that?

Sort of but--

That's all right.

You don't need to tell people anything

that they don't need to know, all right?

It's called a need-to-know basis, Graham.

And this is important for you to understand.

There are things that are appropriate

to tell people at particular times.

And sometimes that's age appropriate.

All right, like when we were foster carers,

there were certain things that we knew about your history

that we were not, that we,

did not discuss with you because it wasn't--

A lot of them.

It wasn't age appropriate.

But we've discussed everything with you

at the appropriate ages.

And there'll be things that we discuss with you

when you're 18, that perhaps we haven't

discussed with you up to that point.

So do you see what I'm saying?

Like there's certain things that are important to tell,

and there's certain things that are not important to tell.

Yes, let's start writing.

- All right. - What about me?

Name.

Good.

Funny.

That's beautiful handwriting.

Oh, is O, and uh is U.

So it's I, right?

No, not eh, listen again, ih.

Her.

- E-R. - Yes.

Put your head up, please.

These are some adverbs.

It's not adverbs, Graham.

The word is adjectives, you chose that word.

These are some adjectives...

Oscar would never get any peace,

wait, who's that?

They're in bed.

Yay.

You're looking at a screen.

Pool.

Pull-ull or swim pull?

- Swim pool. - That's what I figured.

Now.

Did you do your writing homework?

Yes!

All about me, okay?

You should have enjoyed that time writing about yourself.

Let me give the honor for the very first person to come here.

It will be Graham.

Hello class and teacher.

Hello, Graham.

My name is Graham and I'm 12 years old.

I am funny, bouncy, excitable, happy, friendly.

My favorite sport is soccer, the first time I played soccer was six years ago.

My team was in Sydney, the Red Devils.

I told you I was evil.

I wish I had a dog in Suva because it will protect me.

And I would care for it and feed it,

and wash it and play with it.

It will be called "Destroyer".

The favorite part of my life is playing on computers,

Wii, X-Box, and iPad.

My favorite game is Minecraft and Terraria.

Thank you for listening, class and teachers,

I'm happy to live in Fiji.

I love you so much!

Well done.

Have a nice night.

- How was that? - It was good.

- Awesome. - Yeah, feeling good?

So did you think she was nice? - Yeah, really nice.

Well, when I first saw her, I stuttered a bit,

so I didn't say what I was actually going to say.

So I just said, "Hi, I'm Matthew,"

and then we gave her her letter, and the flowers,

and the chocolate, and she said thank you, and yeah.

What I wanted to say to her at the start,

after I greeted her, I wanted to say,

that to tell you the truth Miss Gillard,

I'm really honored to be here, but then again I don't,

I think it's pretty stupid to be here right now because

this argument, this debate, shouldn't have even been

started out, it should have just been,

it shouldn't have been a law that two people

that are in a same-sex relationship can't get, can't get married.

- Thanks, boys. - Thank you very much.

He's just growing up too fast at the moment.

His funny little habits, like he wouldn't undress

and give me his dirty clothes to put in the laundry.

I had to leave the room.

He's 12!

He's just gone past that stage,

I know but he's just growing up too fast!

He's 12, you don't get naked in front of your mum!

Yeah, but I just thought we had a few more years,

15 at least before we got to that stage.

What's he gonna be like in year 12?

Hairy.

There are definitely a few things that we have got in common.

But with religion I think we're

two different people with that.

That's really nice.

Big smiles for me, boys.

Yeah, that's great!

If I really, really don't wanna do something,

then I will stand up to it and then I'll just say mum,

I really don't want to do this.

But absolutely killing it,

and I'm not pointing any fingers,

four guys had a chance right in front of goal,

dropped every single one.

Not going to church every Sunday,

is just one of those things that,

I don't know, we just don't go to anymore.

I definitely think she's strong about her religion.

But I don't think her not going to church is gonna...

She's not losing her faith any more.

It's just, I don't know, she just wants to put like...

The family first.

The eight's big, I needed like a middle size, or a six longer.

I know that's what I just said.

You haven't done your shoelaces up properly.

I like thicker shoelaces, they tie easier.

Is that better?

Yeah, not so big on being a singer anymore.

Just seems too out of reach.

Newtown isn't that big a thing anymore, so.

I don't know.

It's too big!

It looks good, it looks very good.

You look so old.

What you want me to look six again?

That'd be good.

I reckon it's just made me mature up a bit about music.

I reckon I'm a bit more self aware now and,

understand what's going on around me.

Bit more grown up.

Ebony, you look like an actual teenager!

What are you doing on your head?

Look at her, she looks so grown-up!

I was a little bit anxious that they wouldn't

accept my gay parents.

Give me a kiss.

I'll see you this afternoon.

If they have a problem with it, they're not worth it.

Try and harass me they'll kick their butts.

Whatever school you go to, part of it is,

you know that you have to do debating this year, or join the orchestra.

I don't want to do either of those, and you cannot make me.

- I can make you! - You cannot make me.

- Of course I can. - No you can't.

- Of course I can. - No you can't.

Whole point of being a parent.

It doesn't let you force things onto your child.

It does, actually, baby, that's the whole point.

That's why everyone's cranky with their parents,

'cause their parents force things on them.

It's really what's allowed.

- Child abuse. - I'll call the police right now, Mum.

No, they can only work on child abuse baby,

and having to do orchestra or debating,

that's not child abuse, I'm sorry.

That is definitely child abuse, you're trying to make me dead.

It's not, sending a child to school!

Because in debating it's so boring,

so I'll get bored and I'll fall off my chair.

Then I'll quit, and then everything around me will be bad,

and then I'll commit suicide.

I'm dead, you killed me.

And then, in...

Music, you try and make me deaf so I can't

hear anything, and I can't hear the traffic lights,

and then I die because I go into the road.

Killed me.

Gus, that's not a good argument.

- Neither of those arguments are-- - It's a great argument!

It's not a great argument, it's a terrible argument.

See, that's why I shouldn't go into debating.

That's why you should go to debating, at least be better at it.

I just love the way Jen is,

how she teases me about not liking wrestling.

I wouldn't want to change that.

Are you wearing one of those belts?

Like, I think it would be boring if everybody

had the same opinion in the world.

I think that it would be totally awesome if every single person

had their own opinion about stuff.

Something very glamorous about WWE.

It's just all about really having fun.

One thing about the WWE is the family thing.

Probably one of the best experiences I've ever had.

Happy Mardi Gras!

Happy Mardi Gras!

I don't really think it actually makes me that unique that I have two mums.

It's just different for every person growing up.

The people who raise you and make you

who you are today are your family.