Coalition confusion over timing of gay vote
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Attorney-General George Brandis says the Coalition will go the election promising a plebiscite on same-sex marriage will be held before the end of 2016.
Attorney-General George Brandis says the Coalition will go the election promising a plebiscite on same-sex marriage will be held before the end of 2016.
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