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

No steps have been taken, and, yes, I can assure the Senate, if that makes it clearer for you, Senator McAllister. But I wonder if I might return to your first supplementary question about true leadership. Let me dwell on the point that I was making when time ran out a moment ago. We have today celebrated a great thing in Australia, and all but a few of our colleagues have come together to support marriage equality. It happened because Mr Turnbull provided the leadership to do it. No previous Australian Prime Minister—not Mr Howard, not Mr Rudd, not Ms Gillard and not Mr Abbott—has supported or prosecuted this cause. It took the Turnbull government to do it. That's what true leadership looks like too, Senator McAllister.

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