Turnbull government kills same-sex marriage conscience vote, agrees to postal plebiscite

By Michael Koziol
Updated August 8 2017 - 3:43pm, first published 3:40pm
Senator Mathias Cormann at Parliament House in Canberra on Monday 7 August 2017. Fedpol. Photo: Andrew Meares
Senator Mathias Cormann at Parliament House in Canberra on Monday 7 August 2017. Fedpol. Photo: Andrew Meares

The Turnbull government will make a doomed second attempt to enact a plebiscite on same-sex marriage after Liberal MPs rejected an internal push to ditch the policy and allow a free vote.

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