Australia held a non-binding referendum on same sex marriage and the results are in. 61.6% have voted in favour.
The result was overwhelming with only 17 divisions (ridings) voting a majority against. Of those 17, 3 were in Queensland, 2 in the Melbourne area of Victoria, and 12 in the Sydney area of New South Wales. The 14 outside Queensland are dominated by immigrant populations, while the 3 in Queensland are majority white australian.
More details can be found on the wikipedia page for the event.
The government is now expected to introduce legislation allowing for same sex marriage.
Most of the non-Queensland seat that voted no are held Labour. It will be interesting to see how those members vote as it will be a conscience vote in both Labour and Liberal Parties.
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