Many Australians are confused by the terminology being used and the legalities of the current postal survey. Many people keep referring to the current postal survey as a 'plebiscite', which is actually the model that was initially proposed by conservatives. In addition to the emotional and psychological reasons to reject the postal survey, there are logistical nightmares to consider. Costa said to me recently, "The thing that makes me lose sleep is climate change, not the postal survey". I don't want to pretend that same-sex marriage is the biggest issue affecting LGBTQ Australians, because it isn't.

Source: Huffington Post November 13, 2017 22:18 UTC