Same-sex marriage: Federal MPs vow to carry the Illawarra's Yes vote to Canberra

Kate McIlwain
Updated November 16 2017 - 7:27am, first published November 15 2017 - 3:30pm
A resounding yes: Labor MPs and Yes campaigners gathered at Sharon Bird's office in Wollongong to watch the survey results be delivered. Picture: Adam McLean.
A resounding yes: Labor MPs and Yes campaigners gathered at Sharon Bird's office in Wollongong to watch the survey results be delivered. Picture: Adam McLean.

Illawarra MP Stephen Jones is confident same-sex marriage will be legal by Christmas, saying the resounding 61.6 per cent national Yes vote will give more parliamentarians “courage” to pass the law.

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Kate McIlwain

Kate McIlwain

Journalist

For more than a decade, I've helped the Illawarra Mercury set the news agenda across the region. Currently I'm the paper's health reporter - covering the stories of Illawarra workers and residents in the wake of a global pandemic and at a time where our health systems are stretched to the limit.

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