- The same-sex marriage postal vote will go ahead after challenges dismissed
- Australian High Court dismissed two challenges to proposal after 2pm Thursday
- Two groups of same-sex marriage advocates wanted to stop the postal vote
Australia’s same-sex marriage postal vote will go ahead after the High Court dismissed two challenges to the proposal.
The High Court handed down the decision in Melbourne after 2pm Thursday.
Two groups of same-sex marriage advocates wanted to stop the postal vote, saying the government should not have funded the $122 million non compulsory vote.
The decision means the postal forms can be mailed from Tuesday as planned.
Upon hearing the court’s decision while in question time, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull told parliament every Australian will now have their say on the issue.
‘That is as it should be. We encourage every Australian to vote in this survey, to have their say,’ he said.
Australia’s same-sex marriage postal vote will go ahead after the High Court dismissed two challenges to the proposal
The High Court dismissed challenges made by the same-sex marriage advocates wanting to stop the postal vote