Tony Abbott questions postal plebiscite legality ahead of marriage equality debate

Former prime minister asks whether it would be ‘authoritative’ after lawyers suggest it would breach the constitution

Tony Abbott has raised questions about whether a postal plebiscite would be “authoritative” ahead of a special meeting of the Liberal party room late on Monday to consider marriage equality.

With federal cabinet and the wider ministry also meeting on Monday to consider a postal plebiscite, among other issues, Abbott told 2GB a postal plebiscite would be “certainly better than ramming the thing through the parliament without any vote”.

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