Tony Abbott pushes back against same-sex marriage as Liberals face bitter fight

By James Massola, Stephanie Peatling
Updated July 1 2015 - 8:13pm, first published 8:00pm

Prime Minister Tony Abbott has slapped down a cross-party attempt to legalise same-sex marriage, but faces six weeks of potentially divisive debate over the issue, with conservative MPs mobilising to block any move to legislate the landmark social reform.

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