澳大利亞將於明年2月投票決定同性婚姻是否合法

Australians will head to the polls in February 2017 to vote on whether they want same-sex marriage legalized.

澳大利亞人將於2017年2月投票決定他們是否希望同性婚姻合法化。

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is expected to inform members of the Liberal National Party (LNP) of the new timeline for the vote at a party meeting in September, News Limited reported last Sunday.

據新聞有限公司上週日報道，澳大利亞總理馬爾科姆·特恩布爾預計將會在9月的黨內會議上告知自由黨-國家黨聯盟的成員新的公投時間表。

A February plebiscite on the issue would break Turnbull's election promise that the Australian people would vote on the issue in 2016.

在2月舉行同性婚姻合法化公投違背了特恩布爾的競選承諾，他曾承諾澳大利亞人在2016年就該問題進行投票。

A spokesperson for Turnbull said that a recommendation from the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) warned against holding the vote in 2016.

特恩布爾的一位發言人表示，澳大利亞選舉委員會的一項提議反對在2016年進行投票。

"The government has always said that a decision on same-sex marriage will be made by a vote of all Australians in a national plebiscite to be held as soon as practicable," the spokesperson told Fairfax Media.

這名發言人在接受《費法斯傳媒》採訪時表示：“政府一直認爲，關於同性婚姻的決定，將在切實可行的情況下，由所有的澳大利亞人在全國公投表決。”

The plebiscite would be a non-binding vote which would ask voters "do you approve of a law to permit people of the same sex to marry?"

此次公投不具有約束力，將對投票者提出的問題是：“你支持法律允許同性結婚嗎？”

A bill to legalize same-sex marriage in Australia would then be introduced to parliament with members of parliament expected to vote yes or no depending on how their electorate voted on the plebiscite.

公投後，一項關於澳大利亞同性婚姻合法化的議案將遞交至議會，預計議員們將基於各自選區在公投中的投票結果投贊成或反對票。