Politics live as Parliament debates plebiscite on same-sex marriage
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http://www.smh.com.au/federal-polit...cite-on-samesex-marriage-20170808-gxs733.html
- postal ballots on same-sex marriage will be sent out as soon as September 12 after the Senate rejected the government's move to reintroduce the plebiscite;
- Labor senator Penny Wong made an impassioned plea to the government to allow MPs to vote on the issue;
- former prime minister Tony Abbott says people who are worried about political correctness should vote 'no' in the ballot;
- there remain legal questions over the validity of the postal vote.
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