FAMILY AND SOCIETY Senate committee says no to marriage plebiscite*

The Senate committee inquiring into the matter of a popular vote on redefining marriage has come down against allowing the Australian people a say on the matter. Dissenting senators Ian Macdonald and Linda Reynolds The committee recommended in its report tabled on September 15 instead that “a bill to amend the definition of marriage in the Marriage Act 1961 to allow for the marriage of any two people regardless of their sex is introduced into the Parliament as a matter of urgency…

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