Same sex marriage plebiscite defeated in the Senate

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Labor, the Greens, the Nick Xenophon Team and independent Derryn Hinch voted together to defeat the federal government's enabling legislation for a plebiscite on same sex marriage in the Senate.


Ua le tau lau o le faamoemoe o le malo tele mo se pelepesite i faipoipoga a itupa tutusa i le amataga o le tausaga fou.

 

O ananafi na tuuina ai le lafo i le palota a le Senate ma na faiaina ai i palota e 4.

 

fx SENATE

"29 ayes and 33 nos, the matter is resolved in the negative. Hear, hear. [clapping] Order. Order."

 

O le palota i le tetee poo le Leai, na auaufaatasi iai le Labor, Greens, le Nick Xenophon Team ma le sui tutoatasi o Derryn Hinch.

 

E oo lava i le taimi mulimuli ae le'i tuuina le lafo i le palota, na aioi lava le loia sili Senator George Brandis i sui o le Senate e palota i le Ioe ona o le pau lea o le auala e vave aloaia ai faaipoipoga a itupa tutusa i le atunuu.

 

BRANDIS

"The choice lies in the hands of those who have it in their power to give Australia marriage equality within less than three months or to delay it for years to come. Because, I say it again, a vote against this bill is a vote against marriage quality."

 

O le mafuaaga o le tetee a le ituagai, le Labor Party ona o le popolega i aafiaga o itupa le LGBTI i lafoga tau faifai ma faatauemu mai nisi ae o finauina le mataupu i se pelepesite.

 

O le taitai o le Labor i le Senate, o le tamaita'i o Penny Wong o loo i se ulugalii itupa tutusa ma seisi tamaitai, ma na ia fautuaina malosi le Senate, e teena le lafo mo se pelepesite, ae tuu le mataupu e talanoaina ma palotaina e sui o le palemene.

 

WONG

"We have listend to *LGBTIQ Australians and we have listened to the broader Australian community, which is why Labor will oppose this bill. But that is not the end of the matter and that can not be the end of the matter. Despite the febrile rhetoric of the Attorney General, there is a clear way forward. A clear way for the parliament to do what Australians want it to do to resolve this issue once and for all by voting on a bill for marriage equality. All we need for that to happen is a free vote by members of the Liberal party."

 

O le faiaina o le lafo i le Senate, o le a toe foi ai le mataupu i le Maota o Sui ma e le faigofie le tauanauina o le itu a le soofaatasiga, le Liberals ma le Nationals, e toe tatala le mataupu ma palotaina e le palemene.

 

Na saunoa le sui taitai o le Labor Tanya Plibersek ua tatau nei i le palemia MalcolmTurnbull ona taliaina se palota saoloto i le palemene mo aia tatau a itupa tutusa e faaipoipo ai.

 

PLIBERSEK

"We now need Malcolm Turnbull to do what old Malcolm would have done and allow a free vote in the parliament."

 






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