Australians would vote on whether to legalise same-sex marriage in a compulsory plebiscite on February 11, 2017, under a plan taken to cabinet on Monday evening.
Government sources told Fairfax Media the question being considered by cabinet to put to voters is: "Do you support a change in the law to allow same-sex couples to marry?"
Fairfax Media has also been told that cabinet heard arguments for and against public funding for the "yes" and "no" campaigns and that a figure of $7.5 million for each side was pencilled in, though this figure has not yet been agreed to by the party room.
Crucially, commercial media enterprises, such as television networks, would be forced to carry advertisements from both the "no" and "yes" camps and could not pick sides in the debate.
Progress bitchessssssssssss!!! Gay marriage doesn't affect anyone. We are asking for the civil right to marry someone. Not for any religious approval!!!!