Malcolm Turnbull, 'so-called moderates' lack courage on gay marriage: Penny Wong

By Fergus Hunter
Updated August 29 2016 - 12:13pm, first published 11:28am
"If there is any delay to marriage equality, it will be on Malcolm Turnbull's head": Labor frontbencher Penny Wong Photo: Graham Tidy, Fairfax Media
"If there is any delay to marriage equality, it will be on Malcolm Turnbull's head": Labor frontbencher Penny Wong Photo: Graham Tidy, Fairfax Media
Education Minister Simon Birmingham says there won't be a free vote in Parliament on same-sex marriage if MPs reject the plebiscite. Photo: Louise Kennerley
Education Minister Simon Birmingham says there won't be a free vote in Parliament on same-sex marriage if MPs reject the plebiscite. Photo: Louise Kennerley

"The only thing lacking here is Malcolm Turnbull's courage," Labor's Senate leader Penny Wong has declared, pushing back against criticisms from "so-called moderates" in the Coalition towards the opposition for challenging the same-sex marriage plebiscite legislation.