SSM Plebiscite

[DJC]

They're all spineless.

Get paid a lot of money to posture about things and then whittle away our tax dollars on crap.

We could have rolled this plebiscite into the next election at a discount if they were so hell bent on showing how weak they are.

But why have a plebiscite?  Howard didn't need one before he changed the Marriage Act.

The conservative rump of the Coalition are desperately trying to put off a parliamentary vote on marriage equality.  That's why Dutton came up with the idea of a $120M non-binding opinion poll.  It's not about democracy or letting people have a say, it's about delaying an inevitable change to marriage equality for as long as possible.  Who knows, Kim Jong Un may start a nuclear war before a bill is put to the Parliament and blokes like Bernardi, Abbott and Abetz will be able to go to there graves happy in the knowledge that they didn't allow that first step down the slippery slope to men wearing dresses.

People elected to Parliament are supposed to lead.  That often entails implementing policies that, while they may not be popular with everyone, serve the public interest and have long term benefits.  That's leadership, a quality that's sadly lacking in our current conservative government.  Whether the alternative government is any better waits to be seen ... but they don't have a terribly high benchmark.