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Australia's PM wants marriage equality by Christmas after 'overwhelming' vote
Source: The Guardian
Australia's PM wants marriage equality by Christmas after 'overwhelming' vote
Crowds cheer results of postal survey after divisive three-month campaign, with 61.6% saying yes to same-sex marriage
Paul Karp in Canberra, Michael McGowan in Sydney and Melissa Davey in Melbourne
Wednesday 15 November 2017 07.30 GMT
The Australian parliament must commit to deliver marriage equality by Christmas, the prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull, has said after an “unequivocal, overwhelming” vote of 61.6% in favour of same-sex marriage in an unprecedented national postal survey.
As nationwide celebrations heralded a result that will give enormous momentum to a final push to achieve the historic social reform, Turnbull moved to head off attempts from conservatives in his ruling Liberal-National Coalition to frustrate or delay the legislative process.
Turnbull said the survey – which had a participation rate of 79.5% – meant Australians had “spoken in their millions and they have voted overwhelmingly yes for marriage equality”.
“They voted yes for fairness, yes for commitment, yes for love. And now it is up to us here in the parliament of Australia to get on with it, to get on with the job the Australian people asked us to do and get this done,” he said.
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Crowds cheer results of postal survey after divisive three-month campaign, with 61.6% saying yes to same-sex marriage
Paul Karp in Canberra, Michael McGowan in Sydney and Melissa Davey in Melbourne
Wednesday 15 November 2017 07.30 GMT
The Australian parliament must commit to deliver marriage equality by Christmas, the prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull, has said after an “unequivocal, overwhelming” vote of 61.6% in favour of same-sex marriage in an unprecedented national postal survey.
As nationwide celebrations heralded a result that will give enormous momentum to a final push to achieve the historic social reform, Turnbull moved to head off attempts from conservatives in his ruling Liberal-National Coalition to frustrate or delay the legislative process.
Turnbull said the survey – which had a participation rate of 79.5% – meant Australians had “spoken in their millions and they have voted overwhelmingly yes for marriage equality”.
“They voted yes for fairness, yes for commitment, yes for love. And now it is up to us here in the parliament of Australia to get on with it, to get on with the job the Australian people asked us to do and get this done,” he said.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/nov/15/australian-pm-wants-marriage-equality-by-christmas-after-overwhelming-vote
