Liberal backbencher drafts same-sex marriage bill

Wedding cake decoration for a civil partnership ceremony

Wedding cake decoration for a civil partnership ceremony Source: AAP

A backbench Liberal senator is drafting a bill to legalise gay marriage through a vote in the parliament, in defiance of the Turnbull Government's official policy for a public plebiscite.


Meanwhile, a government MP is now publicly pushing for Tony Abbott to retire from politics amid ongoing Liberal in-fighting.

 






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Liberal backbencher drafts same-sex marriage bill | SBS Vietnamese