Cathy McGowan (Indi, Independent) Share this | Hansard source

We're talking about rights and the importance of rights, and we've had a couple of references to people from country towns. I would like to make it really clear to the House that regional Australia voted overwhelmingly in support of amending the Marriage Act. In fact, there are only two electorates that actually voted no in rural and regional Australia. If colleagues want to give special consideration to people and their needs, I ask that they refer to people in inner Sydney and other cities. Know that in the country areas of Australia we are totally and utterly behind this legislation and we are supporting it.

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