The High Court has agreed to hear a challenge to the Federal Government’s same-sex marriage postal ballot on September 5 and 6, with a directions hearing to be held on Thursday.
The challenge will be heard a week before the postal vote is due to begin, with letters slated to be posted on September 12 to November 7, and the outcome to be announced on November 15.
Two separate parties applied for a temporary injunction preventing the postal vote but told a hearing this afternoon that they would be prepared to put their bid on hold given the case was being urgently heard.
In Melbourne, Federal independent MP Andrew Wilkie joined PFLAG (Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays) and Felicity Marlowe, who is raising three young children with her partner Sarah Marlowe, in challenging the case.
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