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

Senator Wong, honestly and truly, you talk about bipartisanship. The whole point is that this is not a partisan issue. It is not a party-political issue. That is why the Australian government is asking the Australian people for their advice, for their opinion, on what they think of what, on any view, would be a profoundly important social change. As a matter of fact, the Prime Minister has already said that he will be voting yes, and, in fact, it is the case, Senator Wong, that Mr Turnbull was a proponent of marriage law reform when Mr Shorten was an opponent of marriage law reform, just as I was a proponent of same-sex marriage when you were a public advocate against it. But, in any event, whether you are of the yes point of view or the no point of view, the decision of the High Court today means that everyone can have their say.