QLD:LNP civil union's position confused: Bligh

AAP General News (Australia)
12-05-2011
QLD:LNP civil union's position confused: Bligh

The survival of Queensland's new same sex civil unions laws could hinge on when the
first ceremony can be performed.

Liberal National Party leader CAMPBELL NEWMAN has vowed to repeal the laws if the party
wins the election expected early next year, and no unions have been formalised by that
time.

But Mr NEWMAN's told the Brisbane Times it would be "unacceptable and intolerable"

to repeal the laws after civil unions had gone ahead.

Premier ANNA BLIGH says the timing of the state's first same sex civil unions depends
on when people can be accredited as notaries, who will perform the ceremonies.

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