Row over Australian same-sex marriage plebiscite funding heats up

The Australian federal government is expected to reveal details of its same-sex marriage plebiscite this week.

A conservative Liberal backbencher opposed to same-sex marriage has warned cabinet not to “steamroll” the coalition partyroom and deny taxpayer dollars for both sides in a plebiscite on the issue.

Eric Abetz is outraged over suggestions there may not be government funding for the yes and no cases and says it would breach the arrangements agreed to last year.

“This idea that you can have a proper plebiscite without funding for the yes and no cases would not be the sort of plebiscite that was envisaged by the partyroom,” he told ABC Radio.

The federal government is expected to reveal details of it’s same-sex marriage plebiscite this week as church leaders say they were promised campaign funding.

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