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Monday, 20 November, 2017
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Cool spray for town’s hot show Warm weather and reduced entry fees attracted strong crowds to this year’s Dandenong Show. There were plenty of ways to beat the heat - as this cow found out – and even more to see and do. See pages 28 and 29 for more from the Picture: ROB CAREW show. 174087
Against the trend By Casey Neill Bruce voters bucked the national trend and gave same-sex marriage the thumbs down, but their MP plans to go against his constituents and support the law change. On Wednesday 15 November, the Australian Bureau of Statistics announced that 61.6 per cent of voters across the country were in favour of legalising same-sex marriage. But in the Bruce electorate, 53 per cent of voters supported the No campaign. Bruce includes Greater Dandenong’s Dandenong North, Noble Park North and parts of
Dandenong, Noble Park and Springvale, as well as Glen Waverley, Mulgrave, Wheelers Hill and parts of Clayton and Notting Hill. About 78 per cent of eligible voters returned the voluntary survey, with over-65s the majority of respondents with an 86 per cent response rate. Some 74 per cent of voters aged 18 to 24 returned their survey. Bruce MP Julian Hill said he would still be voting in favour of marriage reform when the time came for Parliament to decide on the issue, which Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is
confident will be before Christmas. “Representing such a diverse community, I keep to my word and vote to back equality under the laws of Australia for everyone, every time, every day of the week, in the wasteful survey and the Parliament of Australia,” Mr Hill said. In Isaacs, which includes Dandenong South, Keysborough and parts of Noble Park, the Yes vote was 65 per cent. The response rate topped 86,000 people, or 81 per cent of eligible voters. The highest return rate (86 per cent) came
from those aged 65 and over. In the 18 to 24 range, 78 per cent of voters took part. Over in Hotham, which includes Springvale South and parts of Keysborough, Noble Park and Springvale, the result was a 60 per cent Yes vote. The response rate topped 80 per cent, with the 65-plus group again the strongest participants at 85 per cent. Hotham MP Clare O’Neil and Isaacs MP Mark Dreyfus have both indicated they would vote in favour of marriage equality.
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