Tasmania’s Lower House of Parliament has approved laws recognising same-sex marriages and civil unions registered in other states or countries. Only three of the 25 Members of the House of Assembly – Liberals Rene Hidding, Michael Ferguson and Jacqui Petrusma – voted against the amendment to the Relationships Act. Attorney-General Lara Giddings says the changes will remove discrimination for same-sex couples in registered relationships.

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