THE outgoing Greens senator, Bob Brown, has urged the Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, to change her public stance against gay marriage, saying the majority of Australians had shifted their views and she ought not to be pilloried for doing the same.

In his final address to the National Press Club yesterday, Senator Brown said his partner, Paul Thomas, pushed the Prime Minister over the issue during a recent farewell dinner at The Lodge also attended by Ms Gillard’s partner, Tim Mathieson.

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