House debates

Wednesday, 25 November 2015

Statement by the Speaker

9:01 am

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(): I inform the House that I have received a copy of a resolution passed by the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia on 23 September 2015 relating to marriage equality. The text of the resolution will be recorded in the Votes and Proceedingsand Hansard.

The resolution read as follows

That this Western Australian Legislative Assembly calls on the Federal Government to abandon the proposed plebiscite on marriage equality and urgently calls on all members of the Federal Parliament to have a free vote on a bill to amend the Marriage Act 1961, regarding marriage equality.