Lyle Shelton, the Managing Director of the Australian Christian Lobby (ACL), has declared the opponents of marriage equality are not prepared to give up any of the elements of the plebiscite that the government has already announced. “The public funding is non-negotiable – absolutely,” Shelton told Christina Keneally who was filling in for Patricia Karvelas […]
Labor’s Shadow Attorney General Mark Dreyfus is due to meet with Attorney General George Brandis on Monday to review the proposed plebiscite legislation introduced to parliament last week. A number of federal Labor MPs including leader Bill Shorten have voiced their concerns about the public vote on marriage equality, citing the $170 million cost, public funding for […]
The government’s plan for a plebiscite on marriage equality still faces an uncertain future. The Labor party have not indicated whether they’ll support the legislation and have declared the issue won’t be discussed until their next caucus meeting in three weeks time. Last week Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull announced that they would be willing to […]
The national plebiscite on allowing same sex couples to marry would take place on February 11th 2017 under a plan taken to cabinet last night. The February 11th date would allow the plebiscite vote to be held before the Western Australian election which is scheduled to occur in early March. Details of how the plebiscite […]
Christopher Pyne has suggested that the Coalition may work with the Labor on the wording of the plebiscite question as part of a strategy to get their support. The government’s plan to hold a plebiscite on the issue of marriage equality looked in doubt yesterday as The Nick Xenophon team ruled out giving an […]
Concerns have been raised regarding the wording of the question in the proposed marriage equality plebiscite following reports revealing how the public vote may be phrased. It is expected that the Government will construct the plebiscite question to read: “Do you approve of a law to permit people of the same sex to marry?” Spokesperson for […]
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has written a powerful letter to Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, urging him to avoid a costly, divisive plebiscite on marriage equality in favour of a free vote in Parliament. There has been much uncertainty surrounding the proposed plebiscite, with public support for the vote dropping since the Federal Election. Labor, The Greens […]
Attorney General George Brandis has shed some light on what the proposed plebiscite might look like. Appearing on the ABC program ‘Insiders’ Senator Brandis told host Fran Kelly how he hoped the plebiscite would operate. Senator Brandis said he hoped to take the proposal to cabinet within the next few weeks. The AG said he […]
The creation of legislation guiding the proposed marriage plebiscite will be pushed back until after the election as the government tries to avoid the issue becoming a topic of debate during the election. The Australian has reported that Attorney General George Brandis was working on the legislation that would have revealed the question to be […]