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Aussie 'Yes' campaign stages final push for votes

Author
Newstalk ZB Staff,
Publish Date
Sun, 22 Oct 2017, 7:16AM
Around 75 percent of people have already voted (Image / Getty Images)
Around 75 percent of people have already voted (Image / Getty Images)

Aussie 'Yes' campaign stages final push for votes

Author
Newstalk ZB Staff,
Publish Date
Sun, 22 Oct 2017, 7:16AM

There's a last push for votes in Australia's referendum on same-sex marriage.

Polling closes in less than two weeks, and around 75 percent of people have already voted.

Director of 'Australians for Equality' Tiernan Brady is confident of a win for the Yes campaign.

"I think the Australian people understand how important this issue is, and they recognise that this is their moment to tell the politicians to get on with their job," he said.

Meanwhile, there's been a big rally in Sydney where supporters of Yes campaign have staged a final push.

Deputy Federal Opposition leader Tanya Plibersek spoke at the event, and told the Sydney crowd it's about human rights.

"If you want to be a citizen of a country where we respect each other [and] where we afford each other basic human rights - then vote yes," she said to applause.

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