" .... this would have been done and dusted 6 months ago and the Government would have been able to focus more on what matters to the bulk of Australians - power bills, jobs, security, wages growth."
There is a flaw in your argument.
The government could have focused on "what matters to the bulk of Australians - power bills, jobs, security, wages growth", irrespective of the same sex marriage issue, but it has allowed itself to be consumed by this non critical same sex marriage debate.
