Challenge just hours after Senate rejected plebiscite based on legal advice the government has no power to order the ABS conduct the surveyThe Coalition’s plan to hold a voluntary postal vote on same-sex marriage will be challenged in the high court by Andrew Wilkie and marriage equality advocates. Advocates will seek an expedited hearing to thwart the postal vote due to begin on 12 September. He said the voluntary vote would cost “up to $122m”, paid for by an appropriation made through a finance minister’s advance to the agency. But we are more powerful than ever | Sally Rugg Read moreConstitutional law experts including George Williams and Anne Twomey have raised concerns about the postal vote. Williams noted the postal vote was “vulnerable to legal attack” because the expenditure of money on the postal vote “lacks parliamentary approval”.

Source: The Guardian August 09, 2017 04:27 UTC