George Brandis (Queensland, Liberal Party, Attorney-General) Share this | Hansard source

Senator Brown, we are committed to having a plebiscite. We are committed to having this issue resolved by a plebiscite. And I might say, Senator, that that is the wish of the Australian people. You may or may not have seen an Essential poll which was published today which shows that 66 per cent of the Australian people agree with us that this matter ought to be decided by a plebiscite. That is the case across every voter group, by the way—in fact, slightly more Labor Party supporters than coalition supporters favour the resolution of the matter by plebiscite: 68 per cent of Labor supporters and 67 per cent of coalition supporters. So, Senator Brown, we will be having a plebiscite. We will be having one as soon as possible after the election.