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

This is a matter about which the coalition parties had a long discussion on Tuesday. We have settled a position. The Prime Minister gave a press conference at which he raised the possibility of a popular vote on the question in a future parliament. Because a constitutional amendment is entirely unnecessary to enable this parliament to deal with the matter, were there to be a popular vote, that plainly would be a plebiscite.