Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Climate Change and Water) Share this | Hansard source

I wonder if what we are now getting in the Senate is an argument that perhaps would be better off in the opposition party rooms. I am happy to respond, but it seems to me that we are having a debate that really is a debate between you and your party colleagues, with respect. The government have made it clear that our view is that marriage is an institution between a man and a woman. We made that clear prior to the election. That is also the way in which marriage is described under the Marriage Act. What we are dealing with here is the removal of discrimination against same-sex couples.