AAP, via News, is reporting that the Senate has begun to debate the Greens counter-disallowance of the Federal Government striking down the ACT’s civil union legislation.
It appears that the debate has been successfully brought on by the Government (if it hadn’t the disallowance would have automatically taken place after 15 sitting days) so that’s a major tactical loss for the Greens.
Senator Humphries says he disagrees with the Government but it’s still unclear if he will vote against it or make a cowardly abstention.
UPDATED: No link yet but our commenters report that the vote was won by the Government 32-30. Gary Humphries had the courage of his convictions and voted against the Government, the first Liberal to vote against the Government since John Howard became Prime Minister. It’ll be interesting to see how the rank and file Liberals respond to that come pre-selection time.
Ahah! The ABC now has the story.
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