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Australia debates same-sex marriage postal vote
Source: BBC
Australia debates same-sex marriage postal vote
9 August 2017 Australia
The Australian government plans to gauge support for same-sex marriage through a voluntary postal ballot after its divisive bill for a compulsory vote was again rejected by the Senate.
Same-sex marriage is not legal in Australia.
If the postal vote goes ahead and shows support for changing the law, the results will not be legally binding.
However, PM Malcolm Turnbull has said it could prompt a parliamentary vote to legalise same-sex marriage this year.
The postal plebiscite, as it is known, has been criticised by opponents as an unnecessary delay in resolving the debate, which they say could be settled immediately in parliament.
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9 August 2017 Australia
The Australian government plans to gauge support for same-sex marriage through a voluntary postal ballot after its divisive bill for a compulsory vote was again rejected by the Senate.
Same-sex marriage is not legal in Australia.
If the postal vote goes ahead and shows support for changing the law, the results will not be legally binding.
However, PM Malcolm Turnbull has said it could prompt a parliamentary vote to legalise same-sex marriage this year.
The postal plebiscite, as it is known, has been criticised by opponents as an unnecessary delay in resolving the debate, which they say could be settled immediately in parliament.
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Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-40871788
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Source: BBC
Tony Abbott and sister's gay marriage row goes public
9 August 2017 Australia
Ah, families.
We have no inside information on Christmas moods at the home of these Australian siblings and party colleagues but we can't imagine the conversation over the prawns and mango stays festive and airy when the topic of same-sex marriage comes up.
Their views are as different as chalk and cheese.
Tony Abbott, former Prime Minister of Australia, Liberal MP for Warringah, tried on Wednesday to rally the vote against same-sex marriage in a forthcoming postal vote. He's pushing attempts to get a public vote on the matter instead of a parliamentary one. Critics call it a delaying tactic.
His sister, Christine Forster, Liberal councillor in Sydney, has been engaged to her same-sex partner Virginia Edwards for nearly four years and wants gay marriage across the country.
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9 August 2017 Australia
Ah, families.
We have no inside information on Christmas moods at the home of these Australian siblings and party colleagues but we can't imagine the conversation over the prawns and mango stays festive and airy when the topic of same-sex marriage comes up.
Their views are as different as chalk and cheese.
Tony Abbott, former Prime Minister of Australia, Liberal MP for Warringah, tried on Wednesday to rally the vote against same-sex marriage in a forthcoming postal vote. He's pushing attempts to get a public vote on the matter instead of a parliamentary one. Critics call it a delaying tactic.
His sister, Christine Forster, Liberal councillor in Sydney, has been engaged to her same-sex partner Virginia Edwards for nearly four years and wants gay marriage across the country.
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Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-40875989
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