Palaszczuk government hopes swagger will save pressure on the Turnbull government to hasten action towards marriage equalityQueensland has restored civil unions for same-sex couples,a swagger the Palaszczuk government hopes will add to pressure to its federal counterpart to enact marriage equality.
In one of its last pieces of legislation for 2015, the state parliament voted overwhelmingly on Thursday to bring back the rights of same-sex couples to state-sanctioned ceremonies that stand as a secular alternative to marriage for de facto couples.
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Source: theguardian.com