Australia s most respected LGBTI news source
Friday 18 October 2013 | Issue 1197 | starobserver.
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ACT vows
to fight
Abbott on
marriageNational
Alex McKinnon
In a major setback for the push for state-based marriage
equality, the federal government has...
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Australia s most respected LGBTI news source
Friday 18 October 2013 | Issue 1197 | starobserver.
com.
au
ACT vows
to fight
Abbott on
marriageNational
Alex McKinnon
In a major setback for the push for state-based marriage
equality, the federal government has confirmed that it will
mount a challenge against the ACT’s same-sex marriage bill
in the High Court as soon as it is enacted.
Speaking from Canberra last week, ACT AttorneyGeneral Simon Corbell confirmed to reporters that he and
ACT Chief Minister Katy Gallagher were informed of the
government’s intent by federal Attorney-General George
Brandis on the night of Wednesday, October 9.
The ACT Parliament is expected to pass a bill legalising
same-sexmarriageintheterritoryinthenextfewweeks,but
a High Court challenge from the federal government could
quickly see the law invalidated and any further attempts to
pass same-sex marriage laws at a state level rendered moot.
The government will likely challenge the bill on the
grounds that th
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