How a few rookie MPs pushed the PM

Most Liberals want the same-sex civil marriage bill off the agenda before the summer House break, but it took a handful of rookie MPs to push it over the top.

The Prime Minister's push to get the controversial vote on the same-sex bill was influenced by a little-reported petition initiated by rookie Liberal MP Mark Holland.

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