澳大利亚将于明年2月投票决定同性婚姻是否合法

Australians will head to the polls in February 2017 to vote on whether they want same-sex marriage legalized.

澳大利亚人将于2017年2月投票决定他们是否希望同性婚姻合法化。

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is expected to inform members of the Liberal National Party (LNP) of the new timeline for the vote at a party meeting in September, News Limited reported last Sunday.

据新闻有限公司上周日报道，澳大利亚总理马尔科姆·特恩布尔预计将会在9月的党内会议上告知自由党-国家党联盟的成员新的公投时间表。

A February plebiscite on the issue would break Turnbull's election promise that the Australian people would vote on the issue in 2016.

在2月举行同性婚姻合法化公投违背了特恩布尔的竞选承诺，他曾承诺澳大利亚人在2016年就该问题进行投票。

A spokesperson for Turnbull said that a recommendation from the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) warned against holding the vote in 2016.

特恩布尔的一位发言人表示，澳大利亚选举委员会的一项提议反对在2016年进行投票。

"The government has always said that a decision on same-sex marriage will be made by a vote of all Australians in a national plebiscite to be held as soon as practicable," the spokesperson told Fairfax Media.

这名发言人在接受《费法斯传媒》采访时表示：“政府一直认为，关于同性婚姻的决定，将在切实可行的情况下，由所有的澳大利亚人在全国公投表决。”

The plebiscite would be a non-binding vote which would ask voters "do you approve of a law to permit people of the same sex to marry?"

此次公投不具有约束力，将对投票者提出的问题是：“你支持法律允许同性结婚吗？”

A bill to legalize same-sex marriage in Australia would then be introduced to parliament with members of parliament expected to vote yes or no depending on how their electorate voted on the plebiscite.

公投后，一项关于澳大利亚同性婚姻合法化的议案将递交至议会，预计议员们将基于各自选区在公投中的投票结果投赞成或反对票。