Senate debates

Thursday, 13 August 2015

Questions without Notice

Marriage Equality

2:52 pm

Photo of Lisa SinghLisa Singh (Tasmania, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary to the Shadow Attorney General) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a further supplementary question. I refer to the Prime Minister's statement in May this year that:

I don't think anyone's suggesting that the Constitution needs to be changed in this respect.

And:

Plainly, this is a matter that could quite properly come before the Commonwealth Parliament if members of Parliament wanted it to be raised.

Was the Prime Minister right then, or is he right now?

Comments

No comments