"The Greens are proud to have stood with lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, intersex, and queer communities against this plebiscite and we recognise, share and draw strength from the determination of this community to achieve the equality everyone deserves," she said.
This plebiscite is FUCKED".
Some officials and analysts are alarmed that Mr. Chen has pushed ahead with the plebiscite despite American opposition.
A range of Coalition conservatives including Josh Frydenberg, George Christensen and Andrew Broad have said the government should stick with the plebiscite policy, even if it is voted down in the Senate.
But Butler said there were "many deal-breakers" with the plebiscite and the fact Coalition MPs can ignore its result "is just one of them".
The AME co-chairman, Alex Greenwich, said extensive exemptions to anti-discrimination law were "concerning" and added "that is the whole problem with the plebiscite proposal, people don't know what the legislation they are voting for actually is".
Cameron, however, has insisted he would not do a deal "at any price" and is prepared to hold off with the plebiscite – which must be held by the end of 2017 – if he considers the deal on the table to be inadequate.
"He said he'd still go ahead with the plebiscite even though it goes against what he should believe in.
As with the plebiscite, the government will now have a much harder time pushing the proposed changes to immigration law through the Senate.
It was previously agreed that a National Assembly would be elected first, but Diệm went ahead with the plebiscite, which meant that he would have total power if he deposed Bảo Đại before a legislature was formed.
