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Gotcha by the Shorten curlies

The mis-named ‘marriage equality’ issue must be decided by the people, not by Parliament

6 June 2015

9:00 AM

6 June 2015

9:00 AM

Bill Shorten can now celebrate what must be the landmark success of his leadership. His coup has been to make same-sex marriage, unwisely branded as ‘marriage equality’, a front rank issue. It now ranks with or ahead of finding solutions for the Rudd–Gillard governments’ massive debt, billions wasted on long stalled global warming, terrorism here and abroad, the underfunded defence force and useless submarine fleet, and the need to water our continent.

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