Adam O'Grady

rainbowcolouredbroccoli:

Labor:

Mr Shorten says the first piece of legislation he would introduce into Parliament would be marriage equality legislation.

“No hateful, hurtful government funded advertising for us,” he says.

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Coalition:

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull also said the proposed plebiscite - which based on previous polls would be expected to pass comfortably - would not bind his MPs or even his cabinet ministers.

Mr Turnbull has said he hoped to hold a plebiscite before the end of 2016, if re-elected on Saturday.

Nationals MP David Gillespie, an opponent of marriage equality, told said he would vote in line with his conservative-leaning north coast NSW seat of Lyne, even if the majority of Australians vote “yes”.

Important to note that Labor proposes a free/conscious vote on marriage equality and a number of their reps are conservative and have pledged to vote “no”, despite them not allowing free votes on other important issues like refugee rights or personal privacy (both of which they voted against).

If the ALP wins it’s not guaranteed that a marriage equality bill will pass because the Coalition is still bound to vote no and it’s not clear if enough ALP members in the likely swing seats will still create a clear majority of “yes” votes.

Don’t get me wrong, the LNP are fucking scum, but ALP is only marginally better. If you care about human rights in any way, vote Green.