FEDERAL MPs will vote next year on a bill to allow same-sex couples to marry, with Left MP Stephen Jones to propose the change in a private members bill when the parliament resumes after the summer recess.
Labor today amended its official policy platform to advocate same-sex marriage, but the party’s MPs will be allowed a conscience vote on the issue in the federal parliament.
(To read the full article, register free at The Australian, or search text from the article abstract in Google)