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Sydney Morning Herald on 2016-09-13 04:46

'An abhorrent idea': Liberal senator Dean Smith announces he will not vote for a gay marriage plebiscite

Liberal Party's first openly-gay federal politician tells Fairfax Media the idea of a plebiscite was so "abhorrent" to him that he could not support it.

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