Terri Butler MP Australia's Labor Party has appointed a shadow minister for equality who will have formal responsibility for glbti affairs. The Labor party failed to take the government benches at the recent general election despite an improved showing in many electorates. The Liberal-led government has said it will hold a referendum on the issue of same-sex marriage equality and the shadow minister, Terri Butler says she'd "like to see marriage equality become a reality in this country... If parliamentarians were allowed to do their job and legislate we could get this done before the end of the year... Beyond that, there are so many priorities if as a nation we want to stop discrimination and vilification, and build a society which is inclusive and safe.” Butler co-sponsored the cross party marriage Bill from Labor, Liberals, Greens and Independents in the last parliament and believes there are signs that the government and the opposition may be staring to be able to work together to address marriage equality.
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First published: Tuesday, 26th July 2016 - 2:23pm