SYDNEY: A Bill to legalise same-sex marriage has been introduced into the Australian parliament, but it is doomed to fail with Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s government opposed to any changes.
Warren Entsch, from Abbott’s Liberal Party, tabled the cross-party private members Bill despite a government meeting last week deciding against allowing MPs a free vote on the issue, effectively ending any hopes of legislation passing.
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