Liberal senator Dean Smith is working on a plan to legalise same-sex marriage through a conscience vote in parliament, defying his own government's policy of a plebiscite on the issue.
The West Australian senator, who is gay, says his private member's bill is well advanced and he intends taking it to the party room for discussion in the near future.
"The bill is important because it will allow the Liberal Party to revisit the issue of marriage once and for all before the next election," Senator Smith told Seven West's Sunday Times.
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