Australia parliament rejects plebiscite on same-sex marriage

‘Australia’s parliament has rejected the government’s bid to hold a national vote on the legalization of same-sex marriage in the country.
On Monday, the upper house Senate in Australia voted 33 to 29 against the proposal to hold a plebiscite on the issue that had been initially scheduled for February next year.
This is while the Australian center-right coalition government, led by Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, voted in August to take the controversial issue to a national poll, warning that a defeat would delay same-sex marriage in the country for years.’
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