FED:Abbott insists oppn against gay marriage=2

AAP General News (Australia)
12-05-2011
FED:Abbott insists oppn against gay marriage=2

Deputy opposition leader Julie Bishop said effectively every vote in the coalition
was a conscience vote.

"We discuss it in the party room, we come up with a position and we vote in the parliament
and if someone crosses the floor then they're not expelled as they would be if they are
in Labor party," Ms Bishop told Sky News.

"That's why they're having a conscience vote, because they are so deeply divided on the issue."

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KEYWORD: GAY WRAP 2 CANBERRA (REOPENS)

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