'This is the problem with Labor, obsessed with nonsense like removing gender from birth certificates rather than lower electricity prices, reducing tax for hard-working families and small businesses,' Scott Morrison said.
MLA Ruth Forrest wants the debate to be revisited on the strength of a new legal opinion suggesting that there is no legal impediment to the island state legislating on the issue.
"Counting down the numbers, it did not become obvious to anyone which way the vote would go until about the second to last speech,” said Paul Russell, Director of HOPE Australia.
The threat of ‘death tourism’, with Australians from the mainland buying a one-way ticket to the island and to their deaths, is said to leave most Tasmanians feeling uneasy. Previous bills have suffered because of this.