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#Australia should have same-sex marriage legalised by #Christmas after an overwhelming 61.6% “yes” vote in the voluntary postal ballot, to 38.4% for the “no” side.
#marriagequality #samesexmarriage
#YesForEquality
Let's look at the numbers #thread
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After the decisive result, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull declared it was now up to parliament to “get this done”, as the result triggered celebrations across the nation by the supporters of change.

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Nearly 80% of voters returned the voluntary ballot, well above comparable voluntary votes in other countries.

The ballot was strongly carried in all states + territories, and won in all but 17 of the 150 electorates.

The ACT had the highest “yes” vote (74%) and New South Wales the lowest (57.8%). Participation was highest in the ACT (82.4%) and lowest in the Northern Territory (58.4%)