Marriage equality plebiscite: Nick Xenophon decision leaves Malcolm Turnbull's plan in peril

By Tom McIlroy
Updated August 30 2016 - 1:55pm, first published August 29 2016 - 9:44pm
Senator Nick Xenophon and his party MPs won't support the plebiscite. Photo: Paul Jeffers
Senator Nick Xenophon and his party MPs won't support the plebiscite. Photo: Paul Jeffers

Senate powerbroker Nick Xenophon has delivered a potentially fatal blow to the Turnbull government's plan to hold a public vote on same-sex marriage.