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

The opposition also opposes this amendment. It has been central to the opposition’s position throughout this debate that our support for this legislation is based, among other things, on the proposition that nothing in it challenges the established status of marriage as an institution between a man and a woman. The amendment proposed by Senator Hanson-Young does challenge that proposition, at least in a limited fashion. For that reason, the opposition is opposed to it.