Australian Labour leader Bill Shorten used the first meeting of Parliament since the election to announce that he would propose the bill on Wednesday.

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Australian Labour leader Bill Shorten used the first meeting of Parliament since the election to announce that he would propose the bill on Wednesday.

Australia’s Opposition said Tuesday that it would test Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s weakened grip on power following last month’s general election by proposing its own legislation to legalise same-sex marriage.

Opposition leader Bill Shorten used the first meeting of Parliament since the election to announce that he would propose the bill on Wednesday.

The bill underscores a stark policy difference between the conservative government and the opposition centre-left Labor Party on gay marriage.

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