Gay marriage row set to flare

The stage is set for a new internal brawl in the Gillard government over same-sex marriage, with a Labor powerbroker predicting that a private member’s bill to amend the Marriage Act will further undermine the Prime Minister’s leadership. Labor backbencher...

MPs show marriage support

Two federal Labor Victorian MPs have indicated they will vote in favour of same-sex marriage when the issue is put to a vote next year. Bruce MP Alan Griffin and Hotham MP and Arts Minister Simon Crean told the Monash Leader this month they would most likely support a...

Turnbull pressured to vote against gay marriage

The Liberal member for Wentworth, Malcolm Turnbull, will vote in line with his Coalition colleagues against the legalisation of same-sex marriage. Mr Turnbull told The Age that he would “vote in accordance with the collective decision of the shadow cabinet”....