From its previous decisions, it is possible, indeed probable that the High Court will stop the same-sex marriage plebiscite on the grounds that a proper appropriation was not made by parliament to fund it.
In a case effectively brought by Get Up! on electoral matters in 2010, the High Court unusually gave its decision the day after the hearing ended.
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