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| Australia's same-sex marriage postal survey: 61.6% yes, 38.4% no – live | Australia's same-sex marriage postal survey: 61.6% yes, 38.4% no – live |
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| I posted earlier that George Christensen said he will not vote for the Dean Smith bill, and instead would abstain. | |
| It looks like Andrew Hastie is taking the same route, according to Fairfax. | |
| Both Hastie and Christensen’s electorates voted yes, and while Hastie had indicated to the ABC that he would likely abstain, Christensen said he would follow his electorate’s result. | |
| Liberal Andrew Hastie, a prominent advocate of a "no" vote, tells me he will be abstaining (his WA seat of Canning voted "yes") | |
| Labor’s Tanya Plibersek has urged action on legislating for same sex marriage, saying Australian people will not tolerate people wasting time and money “delaying the inevitable”. | |
| Andrew Leigh says the survey result confirmed what poll after poll had said. | |
| “Australians want marriage equality. We didn’t need to spend millions of dollars to find out that 62% of Australians and 74% of Canberrans want same-sex couples to enjoy the same rights as other Australians,” he says. | |
| “The process of this survey has been damaging to the mental health of many gay and lesbian Australians. We’ve seen an increase in the number of calls for lines such as Reach Out and QLife. That didn’t need to happen. | |
| “I know opponents of marriage equality are now looking for every possible blocking tactic. Having lost the survey, they now are wanting to write the law or to delay the process. We just can’t let that happen. Australians will take a very dim view of their parliament if we go to Christmas without same-sex marriage being the law of the land.” | |
| In a statement on Facebook Tony Abbott, whose seat of Warringah voted 75% for same-sex marriage, has said that “the people have spoken and the parliament should respect the result”. | |
| Abbott then immediately starts piling the pressure on to modify the cross-party bill authored by Dean Smith noting that Malcolm Turnbull and Bill Shorten have “pledged their support for freedom of religion.Abbott: | |
| “I also thank the 4.7 million Australians who supported marriage between a man and a woman. Both the Prime Minister and the Opposition Leader have pledged their support for freedom of religion. | |
| I look forward to a parliamentary process that improves on the Dean Smith bill to implement same sex marriage with freedom of conscience for all, not just the churches. So far, this process has been a credit to us as a nation and now needs to be completed in a way that keeps us the best country in the world.” | |
| Two dispatches from the UK: | |
| I’m incredibly proud of legalising Same Sex Marriage in the UK & delighted that other countries are looking to do the same. G’day Australia! https://t.co/Beg9poCc1T | |
| Someone on my tube yells: “AUSTRALIA JUST LEGALISED GAY MARRIAGE!” The carriage cheers and claps. | |
| The yes vote has presented the Coalition with a potentially damaging choice between two bills to make same-sex marriage lawful. One is proposed by moderate Liberal, Dean Smith, and another from James Paterson, which has the backing of conservatives. We think the debate will take place in the week of 27 November. | The yes vote has presented the Coalition with a potentially damaging choice between two bills to make same-sex marriage lawful. One is proposed by moderate Liberal, Dean Smith, and another from James Paterson, which has the backing of conservatives. We think the debate will take place in the week of 27 November. |
| Conservative senators Eric Abetz and Matt Canavan have expressed support for Paterson’s bill. Paterson’s bill is designed to give greater religious protections for those who don’t want to provide goods or services to same-sex weddings. Bakers or florists, for example, could refuse to do work for same-sex weddings. Lyle Shelton, speaking at the no campaign event, has just described Paterson’s bill as a “very good bill”. He said it gives protections from threats to freedom of speech and religion. | Conservative senators Eric Abetz and Matt Canavan have expressed support for Paterson’s bill. Paterson’s bill is designed to give greater religious protections for those who don’t want to provide goods or services to same-sex weddings. Bakers or florists, for example, could refuse to do work for same-sex weddings. Lyle Shelton, speaking at the no campaign event, has just described Paterson’s bill as a “very good bill”. He said it gives protections from threats to freedom of speech and religion. |
| Conservative Mathias Cormann spoke earlier. He said the Smith bill is a good place to start, but he wants amendments to improve religious protections. | Conservative Mathias Cormann spoke earlier. He said the Smith bill is a good place to start, but he wants amendments to improve religious protections. |
| “I believe the Smith bill is a good starting point and indeed a number of senators have given notices that they will seek to introduce the Smith bill into the Senate this afternoon,” he said. “I do believe that there is a need for some additional religious protections. I am not going to go into the specifics today.” | “I believe the Smith bill is a good starting point and indeed a number of senators have given notices that they will seek to introduce the Smith bill into the Senate this afternoon,” he said. “I do believe that there is a need for some additional religious protections. I am not going to go into the specifics today.” |
| Malcolm Turnbull has promised to get the bill through by Christmas. But he now faces a tough task in attempting to broker a compromise between factions inside the Coalition. | Malcolm Turnbull has promised to get the bill through by Christmas. But he now faces a tough task in attempting to broker a compromise between factions inside the Coalition. |
| I found Yvonne Gardner, 75, an lgbti campaigner, almost in tears. She clings my arm, and whispers in my ear; "I've been fighting for this for 50 years". #LoveWins @heldavidson pic.twitter.com/gp3sXRFS1v | I found Yvonne Gardner, 75, an lgbti campaigner, almost in tears. She clings my arm, and whispers in my ear; "I've been fighting for this for 50 years". #LoveWins @heldavidson pic.twitter.com/gp3sXRFS1v |
| How did your electorate turn out? Courtesy of Nick Evershed, below is the breakdown of participation rates for the survey. | How did your electorate turn out? Courtesy of Nick Evershed, below is the breakdown of participation rates for the survey. |
| Head of the conservative Australian Christian Lobby and leading No campaigner, Lyle Shelton says despite their “valiant effort”, “we haven’t quite got to where we wanted to go. | Head of the conservative Australian Christian Lobby and leading No campaigner, Lyle Shelton says despite their “valiant effort”, “we haven’t quite got to where we wanted to go. |
| He says the volunteers have shown “great commitment in the campaign” and it’s been an “incredible journey”. | He says the volunteers have shown “great commitment in the campaign” and it’s been an “incredible journey”. |
| Shelton says he’s enjoyed the campaign and the process. | Shelton says he’s enjoyed the campaign and the process. |
| He says he’s spoken to people across the country who are now energised to participate in the democratic process, which in this case didn’t go their way. | He says he’s spoken to people across the country who are now energised to participate in the democratic process, which in this case didn’t go their way. |
| “People wer persuaded by the yes campaign. They have been campaigning for at least a decade,” he says, describing them as “relentless”. | “People wer persuaded by the yes campaign. They have been campaigning for at least a decade,” he says, describing them as “relentless”. |
| “They have seen the fruit of their relentlessness.” | “They have seen the fruit of their relentlessness.” |
| Shelton says they will now focus on the parliamentary process. | Shelton says they will now focus on the parliamentary process. |
| He again calls for protections of freedom of speech, religion and conscience, again only vaguely saying how they would actually be affected by same sex marriage legislation. | He again calls for protections of freedom of speech, religion and conscience, again only vaguely saying how they would actually be affected by same sex marriage legislation. |
| Is a marriage equality data visualisation without animated rainbow confetti really a proper marriage equality data visualisation? | Is a marriage equality data visualisation without animated rainbow confetti really a proper marriage equality data visualisation? |
| important datavisualisation https://t.co/6wkQpEWgGg pic.twitter.com/vanBp1kwka | important datavisualisation https://t.co/6wkQpEWgGg pic.twitter.com/vanBp1kwka |
| More from a disappointed Lyle Shelton, who would have struggled to be in the media more during this campaign, really. Over two weeks of the campaign, Shelton got more media attention than all three leading yes campaigners combined. | More from a disappointed Lyle Shelton, who would have struggled to be in the media more during this campaign, really. Over two weeks of the campaign, Shelton got more media attention than all three leading yes campaigners combined. |
| Marriage Alliance blames the media for losing. pic.twitter.com/UhKddpjkeN | Marriage Alliance blames the media for losing. pic.twitter.com/UhKddpjkeN |
| Michael McGowan has been at the Sydney event. | Michael McGowan has been at the Sydney event. |
| Yep! #marriageequality pic.twitter.com/radSAmZtcB | Yep! #marriageequality pic.twitter.com/radSAmZtcB |
| Christine Forster gets huge applause from the crowd in Sydney announcing a 75% yes vote in ... Warringah! #marriageequality | Christine Forster gets huge applause from the crowd in Sydney announcing a 75% yes vote in ... Warringah! #marriageequality |
| Australian Christian Lobby’s Lyle Shelton, seeking to interpret the result, has said the yes side has “been campaigning for many, many years”, as opposed to the no side, which has only had three months. | Australian Christian Lobby’s Lyle Shelton, seeking to interpret the result, has said the yes side has “been campaigning for many, many years”, as opposed to the no side, which has only had three months. |
| Shelton said he respects the results, but: “Three months wasn’t long enough to overturn 10 years or more [of yes campaigning].” | Shelton said he respects the results, but: “Three months wasn’t long enough to overturn 10 years or more [of yes campaigning].” |
| He said the no side had been highly successful in the short time it had. | He said the no side had been highly successful in the short time it had. |
| “We know that we’ve shifted at least 1m votes, it wasn’t enough to get over the line at the end of the day,” he said. | “We know that we’ve shifted at least 1m votes, it wasn’t enough to get over the line at the end of the day,” he said. |
| My colleague, Amy Remeikis, who is reporting on the Queensland election campaign, reports there were cheers from the Labor campaign plane as the result rolled in. | My colleague, Amy Remeikis, who is reporting on the Queensland election campaign, reports there were cheers from the Labor campaign plane as the result rolled in. |