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Licensed by Copyright Agency. You may only copy or communicate this work with a licence. Page 1 of 3 West embraces equality withhb a big Yes all over Phoebe Wearne conscience. The outcome of the the people.” Canberra legislative change is assured. My The next highest Yes result of abstention will not obstruct the 71.5 per cent was from Labor West Australians have over- passage of same-sex marriage.” frontbencher Tim Hammond’s whelmingly backed marriage After conservative Liberal MP inner-city seat of Perth. equality, delivering the third- Ian Goodenough’s seat of Moore He said it was time for Parlia- highest Yes vote in the country. returned the State’s fourth- ment to rise above the “distrac- Every WA electorate backed highest Yes vote of 68 per cent, tions” of the campaign and to the long-awaited social change, Mr Goodenough announced that give bipartisan support to WA with the blue-ribbon Liberal he would he would change his Liberal Dean Smith’s private seat of Curtin topping the list for vote to Yes in Parliament to member’s Bill. the highest Yes vote in the State. reflect the will of his “I’m over the moon with the Even the traditionally conser- constituents. result,” Mr Hammond said. vative sprawling rural electo- “Whilst I have made my “It’s a credit to those who tire- rates of Durack and O’Connor personal views clear, my job is to lessly campaigned in really backed changing the Marriage represent the electorate of adverse circumstances, and it’s Act to allow gay and lesbian Moore,” Mr Goodenough tweet- a credit to the community for couples to marry. ed soon after the survey result recognising that love is love and Of the State’s 1,257,499 eligible was released. that all relationships should be voters who participated in the In line with the trend seen in treated equally.” survey, 801,575 — or 63.7 per cent other States, Perth’s more ethni- Only the Australian Capital — said Yes. cally diverse seats of Cowan and Territory and Victoria returned As a result, even conservative Burt delivered some of the a higher overall Yes vote Lower House MPs were expected State’s weakest Yes results. than WA. to reflect the result in Parlia- However, unlike in some NSW O’Connor Liberal MP Rick ment by voting in favour of a Bill seats where up to 73.9 per cent of Wilson, who had hoped that the to enact the change. eligible electors voted No, the traditional definition of mar- However, outspoken No cam- riage would be upheld, vowed paigner con- two Labor-held Perth electo- rates still had majority Yes not to stand in the way of the will firmed that he would abstain of his electors as long as the Bill from voting on the legislation result of 58.8 per cent and 57 per cent respectively. to legalise same-sex marriage after his electorate of Canning “respects the rights of groups voted Yes. Voters in Liberal deputy lead- er Julie Bishop’s western sub- and individuals who hold reli- Mr Hastie had previously said gious or similar beliefs”. he would support legalising gay urbs electorate of Curtin, where 72.2 per cent voted for change, “If the legislation put before marriage if his electorate sup- Parliament does not contain ad- ported it, but argued yesterday were WA’s most enthusiastic same-sex marriage supporters, equate protections for religious that abstaining from the vote groups, be it churches, schools, would respect the outcome of despite Ms Bishop not declaring her hand late until towards the charities or otherwise, I will the postal survey. not support that Bill and I “Out of respect for the Austra- end of the campaign. “The Australian people have will abstain from voting,” lian people, I will not be he said. voting against the legislation to spoken and now it’s up to the change the Marriage Act,” Mr Parliament to reflect the will of ‘It is my intention to Hastie said. the people,” Ms Bishop said. “It is my intention to abstain “I voted Yes in the survey and abstain because I because I cannot vote against my will vote to support legislation cannot vote against that reflects the will of my conscience.’ Liberal MP Andrew Hastie 16 Nov 2017 West Australian, Perth Author: Phoebe Wearne • Section: General News • Article type : News Item Audience : 137,583 • Page: 10 • Printed Size: 2215.00cm² • Market: WA Country: Australia • Words: 1440 • Item ID: 874539366

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HOW WE VOTED Should the law be changed to allow same-sex couples to marry? Overall participation

YES NO 79.5 81.6 61.6 % 38.4 % % of % of 7,817,247 4,873,987 eligible eligible responses responses voters women

PERTH Cowan (Labor, ) 58.8 % YES Strong supporter of marriage equality. Will back the Moore (Liberal, Smith Bill in Parliament without amendments because Ian Goodenough) 68 % YES it strikes a “really good balance” between protecting religious freedoms and keeping discrimination in check. Campaigned strongly for a No vote, but intends to vote Hasluck (Liberal, Yes in Parliament because ) 62.4 % YES his “job is to represent the electorate of Moore”. Had previously said he would vote No but will support the majority view of Stirling (Liberal, Justice Minister his electorate in Parliament. Michael Keenan) 61.1 % YES Publicly supports marriage Perth (Labor, Tim Hammond) 71.5 % YES equality. Voted Yes in the postal survey and will back the Smith Bill. Strong supporter of marriage equality who wants Senator Dean Smith’s Bill passed as soon as possible. Curtin (Liberal, Foreign Minister Julie Swan (Liberal, Steve Bishop) 72.2 % YES Irons) 64.7 % YES Supports same-sex Had previously backed marriage but declared the No case, but will her hand very late vote Yes in Parliament. in the campaign. Will back legislation that “refl ects the Tangney (Liberal, Ben will of the people”. Morton) 61.6 % YES Could not be reached yesterday but has previously indicated that Fremantle (Labor, Josh he will vote in line with Wilson) 70.1 % YES the national survey result. Supports marriage equality and backs Burt (Labor, ) 57 % YES the Smith Bill without Backs legalising same-sex amendments. marriage, despite his Catholic faith. Supports the Smith Bill with Brand (Labor, Madeleine minor technical amendments. King) 67.1 % YES Canning (Liberal, Andrew Hastie) 60.2 % YES Voted Yes in the postal survey and will vote in Outspoken No campaigner. Had previously favour of marriage equality said he would support legalising gay marriage in the Parliament because if his electorate supported it, but confi rmed she believes in a “confi dent yesterday he will instead abstain from and progressive” Australia. voting on same-sex marriage legislation. 16 Nov 2017 West Australian, Perth Author: Phoebe Wearne • Section: General News • Article type : News Item Audience : 137,583 • Page: 10 • Printed Size: 2215.00cm² • Market: WA Country: Australia • Words: 1440 • Item ID: 874539366

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HOW THE STATES VOTED YES NO TOTAL PARTICIPANTS New South Wales 57.8% (2,374,362) 42.2% (1,736,838) 79.5% Victoria 64.9% (2,145,629) 35.1% (1,161,098) 81.7% Queensland 60.7% (1,487,060) 39.3% (961,015) 77.9% South Australia 62.5% (592,528) 37.5% (356,247) 79.7% 77.3 63.7% (801,575) 36.3% (455,924) 78.4% % of eligible Tasmania 63.6% (191,948) 36.4% (109,655) 79.7% men Northern Territory 60.6% (48,686) 39.4% (31,690) 58.4% Australian Capital Territory 74% (175,459) 26% (61,520) 82.4%

Durack (Liberal, Melissa Price) 59.2 % YES 17 SEATS THAT VOTED NO Supports marriage equality and voted Yes in the survey. Thinks 1 Blaxland (Jason Clare, Labor, western Sydney) 73.9 % the matter should be “solved very quickly, without any 2 Watson (Tony Burke, Labor, south-western Sydney) 69.6 % fuss” in Parliament. 3 McMahon (Chris Bowen, Labor, western Sydney) 64.9 % 4 Werriwa (Anne Stanley, Labor, western Sydney) 63.7 % 5 Fowler (Chris Hayes, Labor, western Sydney) 63.7 % 6 Parramatta (Julie Owens, Labor, western Sydney) 61.6 % 7 Chifl ey (Ed Husic, Labor, western Sydney) 58.7 % 8 Calwell (Maria Vamvakinou, Labor, north-western Melbourne) 56.8 % NORTHERN Kennedy WESTERN TERRITORY 9 Barton (Linda Burney, Labor, southern Sydney) 56.4 % AUSTRALIA 10 Maranoa (David Littleproud, Liberal National Party, rural Queensland) 56.1 % 11 Banks (David Coleman, Liberal Party, south-western Sydney) 55.1 % 12 Greenway (Michelle Rowland, Labor, western Sydney) 53.6 % Pearce (Liberal, Social Services 13 Kennedy (Bob Katter, Independent, northern Queensland) 53.3 % Minister ) 63.9 % YES QUEENSLAND 14 Bruce (Julian Hill, Labor, south-eastern Melbourne) 53.1 % Supports marriage equality and voted 15 Mitchell (Alex Hawke, Liberal, north-western Sydney) 50.9 % Yes. Will vote for marriage equality Maranoa 16 Groom (John McVeigh, Liberal National Party, southern Queensland) 50.8 % in the Parliament, while ensuring 17 Bennelong (notional Liberal, northern Sydney) 50.2 % that the fi nal Bill contains “proper protections for religious institutions”. SOUTH AUSTRALIA TOP 20 HIGHEST YES VOTES

1 Melbourne (Adam Bandt, Greens, inner Melbourne) 83.7 % NEW SOUTH 2 Sydney (Tanya Plibersek, Labor, inner Sydney) 83.7 % WALES 3 Melbourne Ports (Michael Danby, Labor, inner Melbourne) 82 % 4 Wentworth (Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, Liberal, eastern Sydney) 80.8 % 5 Grayndler (Anthony Albanese, Labor, inner Sydney) 79.9 % 6 Brisbane (Trevor Evans, Liberal National Party, inner Brisbane) 79.5 % O’Connor (Liberal, Rick Wilson) 56.2 % YES 7 Higgins (Assistant Treasurer Kelly O’Dwyer, Liberal, inner Melbourne) 78.3 % Newcastle Believes that the traditional defi nition of marriage should VICTORIA 8 Griffi th (, Labor, southern Brisbane) 76.6 % be upheld, but will vote in accordance with the will of Fenner 9 Goldstein (Tim Wilson, Liberal, Melbourne) 76.3 % his electorate. Will abstain if the Bill put forward does 10 Warringah (Tony Abbott, Liberal, northern Sydney) 75 % not contain “adequate protections” for religious groups. Canberra 11 Newcastle (Sharon Claydon, Labor, NSW) 74.8 % 12 Canberra (Gai Brodtmann, Labor, ACT) 74.1 % Forrest (Liberal, ,) 63.8 % YES 13 Fenner (Andrew Leigh, Labor, ACT) 74 % Did not respond to questions yesterday, 14 Dension (Andrew Wilkie, Independent, Hobart) 73.8 % but told a Bunbury newspaper she would TASMANIA 15 Kooyong (Josh Frydenberg, Liberal, inner Melbourne) 73.7 % vote according to her electorate’s wishes. Dension 16 Jagajaga (Jenny Macklin, Labor, outer Melbourne) 73.5 % KEY: % VOTED YES 17 Ryan (Jane Prentice, Liberal National Party, Brisbane) 72.7 % 18 Curtin (Foreign Minister Julie Bishop, Liberal, Perth) 72.2 % 19 Dunkley (Chris Crewther, Liberal, outer Melbourne) 72 % 0102030405060708090100 20 North Sydney (Trent Zimmerman, Liberal, inner Sydney) 71.8 % MELBOURNE SYDNEY BRISBANE

Parramatta Melbourne Jagajaga Mitchell Bennelong Greenway Brisbane Calwell North Sydney Kooyong Chifl ey Warringah Ryan Melbourne Ports Bruce McMahon Wentworth Groom Fowler Goldstein Higgins Sydney Werriwa Blaxland Grayndler

Barton Brisbane Watson Maranoa Dunkley Banks