Sentence examples for its plebiscite from inspiring English sources
Colombia just voted no on its plebiscite for peace.
Christine Forster, a Liberal councillor for the City of Sydney and the sister of the former prime minister Tony Abbott, has called on the government to reconsider its plebiscite on same-sex marriage and instead allow MPs a free vote.
If Labor blocks the plebiscite the options to legalise same-sex marriage are few: the government could seek to amend its plebiscite proposal to win support, or the Coalition party room could consider allowing a free vote on legislation.
Chen's Democratic Progressive Party failed to win support for other potentially provocative measures that would have allowed changes in Taiwan's constitution, its flag and its name by plebiscite.
The university, though, had not promised to make its policy by plebiscite, and so it will not oblige.Should it?
A nation, the philosopher Ernest Renan said in 1882, is "a great solidarity", and its existence "a daily plebiscite". It needs to remember – and to forget – things about itself, and we tend to ignore how constant and commonplace this process is.
On Wednesday the government introduced the bill for its marriage equality plebiscite, which included $15m of public funding for the yes and no cases, despite objections from marriage equality advocates and Labor.
The federal government has released details of its marriage equality plebiscite that have raised concerns third-party groups will be free to run advertisements without any restraint on the nature or truth of their messages.
Labor will decide its final position on the plebiscite bill at its next caucus meeting in three weeks but Shorten is expected to recommend the opposition block the bill.
The Turnbull government is wavering on its commitment to reveal details of its planned marriage equality plebiscite before the federal election because of deep divisions on crucial issues such as public funding and exemptions from anti-discrimination laws.
Goldner said the ACL's call to suspend discrimination law for the plebiscite showed its arrogance because it wanted "special privileges".
