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During the Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey of 2018, which successfully sought to legalise same-sex marriage in Australia
The Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey was held in 2017, not 2018. The federal same-sex marriage law was assented to on 8 December 2017.
Full reasoning
This dates the Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey incorrectly.
The Australian Bureau of Statistics' official archive is titled "Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey, 2017" and states the results were released on 15 November 2017. The Federal Register of Legislation shows the Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Act 2017 received assent on 8 December 2017.
So the survey that led to legalisation was a 2017 process, not a 2018 one.
2 sources
- 1800.0 - Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey, 2017
By Catalogue Number 1800.0 - Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey, 2017 ... Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 15/11/2017
- Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Act 2017 - Federal Register of Legislation
Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Act 2017 No. 129, 2017 ... Assent date ... 08 Dec 2017
despite having voted against legalising same-sex marriage in 2018
This is chronologically wrong. Australia's federal same-sex marriage law was enacted in December 2017, and Dominic Perrottet was a New South Wales state MP, not a federal legislator, at the time.
Full reasoning
This claim is not accurate as written.
Australia's same-sex marriage law was enacted by the Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Act 2017, which the Federal Register of Legislation shows received assent on 8 December 2017. So there was no Australian vote to legalise same-sex marriage in 2018.
In addition, Dominic Perrottet's NSW Parliament biography shows he was serving in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly in this period, including as Treasurer from 30 January 2017 to 5 October 2021. That means he was a state politician, not a member of the federal Parliament that passed the 2017 marriage law.
Perrottet may have publicly opposed marriage equality, but the specific statement that he "voted against legalising same-sex marriage in 2018" is incorrect.
2 sources
- Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Act 2017 - Federal Register of Legislation
Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Act 2017 No. 129, 2017 ... Assent date ... 08 Dec 2017
- The Hon. Dominic Francis PERROTTET, LLB, BCOM
Parliamentary Service ... Treasurer 30 Jan 2017 05 Oct 2021 ... Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly 26 Mar 2011 12 Aug 2024
Lakshar-e-Taiba
This is misspelled. The militant group's name is Lashkar-e-Tayyiba, commonly also rendered Lashkar-e-Taiba.
Full reasoning
The name here is incorrect. A U.S. National Counterterrorism Center reference page identifies the organization as "LASHKAR-E-TAYYIBA (LT)" and says "Lashkar-e-Tayyiba, also known as Army of the Righteous...".
So "Lakshar-e-Taiba" is a misspelling of the group's name.
1 source
- National Counterterrorism Center | Groups
LASHKAR-E-TAYYIBA (LT) ... Lashkar-e-Tayyiba, also known as Army of the Righteous