Scrapping public funds for plebiscite campaigns 'necessary' but not sufficient for Labor: Mark Dreyfus

By Tom McIlroy
Updated September 26 2016 - 1:28pm, first published 9:46am
Shadow Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus will meet with the government on Monday.  Photo: Sasha Woolley
Shadow Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus will meet with the government on Monday. Photo: Sasha Woolley
Mr Dreyfus says he has received dozens of emails from the LGBTI community urging Labor to "hold the line" against "a harmful, divisive plebiscite".  Photo: Cathal McNaughton
Mr Dreyfus says he has received dozens of emails from the LGBTI community urging Labor to "hold the line" against "a harmful, divisive plebiscite". Photo: Cathal McNaughton

Scrapping public funding for both sides of the same-sex marriage plebiscite would be a "necessary step" to win Labor's support, but shadow attorney-general Mark Dreyfus says it won't be sufficient to see enabling legislation go through Parliament.

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