New Zealand now boasts the queerest parliament in the world, with LGBTIQ+ members making up 10 per cent of its elected officials.
How does New Zealand compare to Australia?The country legalised same-sex marriage in August 2013, with a 77-44 parliamentary vote. Then-prime minister John Key was among the bill’s supporters.
Same-sex marriage was legalised in Australia on 9 December 2017, following a voluntary nationwide postal vote survey derided as unnecessary and harmful by LGBTIQ+ activists and mental health organisations.
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