The Greens’ controversial bill giving the territories the ability to introduce radical social agendas will be stalled in a Senate committee after a revolt by Labor MPs.
Coalition and Labor senators went into furious negotiations overnight in an effort to sidetrack the Greens’ bill after a Labor backlash against the decision for the government to support the bill.
The Greens bill to prohibit the federal government overruling radical social laws in the territories created a storm within the Labor Party as MPs realised it would allow same-sex marriages in the ACT and Northern Territory.
Greens leader Bob Brown also indicated he would seek to repeal the federal law banning euthanasia in the territories.
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