Michael McCormack (Riverina, National Party, Minister for Small Business) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the member for Fenner for his very first question to me. It's taken more than 12 months from him to finally ask a question. But did I get a question about small business? No. Did I get a question about small business tax cuts? No. Did I get a question about the instant asset write-off which has been extended for 12 months? No.

What could be more fair than giving the people their say about the issue of same-sex marriage? We are giving all Australians a say. The Turnbull government is committed to delivering on its pre-election promise to give the Australian people a say on whether or not the law should be changed to allow same-sex couples to marry. I am pleased that the member for Fenner has asked me this, because he can participate in this as well, as all Australians can.

If the member opposite and many of those opposite had not cast such doubt on the census prior to the census, maybe we wouldn't have had such questions about the census before.

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