Sentence examples for plebiscite it from inspiring English sources

Submitted to a plebiscite, it won overwhelmingly in 1800.

"If there's no plebiscite, it is simply off the table for the next three years," he said.

Butler said if the government wanted to hold the plebiscite it should be "out persuading Labor the benefits outweigh the possible risks".

"We should have a free vote in our parliament, and if there is a plebiscite it should be fair and uncomplicated," he told supporters in an email.

Western Australian MP Andrew Hastie has said if his electorate of Canning voted for same-sex marriage in the plebiscite it would be his obligation to "push that through".

"There may be others who will choose to abstain but I can assure you... if the Australian people speak in favour of same-sex marriage in the plebiscite, it will be legislated.

Turnbull rebuked Labor for indicating it may block the marriage equality plebiscite, saying it "must want to delay same-sex marriage for a very long time".

Technically, it's part of Moldova but according to a number of plebiscites, it doesn't want to be and is sort of half way to being its own state.

"It doesn't change the results of the plebiscite, but it reminds the parties that what is at stake is the end of the war, not political calculations," he said.

Entsch said he did not believe it would be possible for Labor to block a plebiscite if it lost the election because "the Australian public [are] overwhelmingly are demanding to have a say in this".

"I'm against a plebiscite because it's ethically the wrong way to achieve marriage equality, and because I think it has less chance of success than continuing to press for a vote in parliament.