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Abbott delivers to the conservatives on same sex marriage, but at what cost?

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imagePrime Minister Tony Abbott faces the media after a marathon Coalition joint party room meeting.Lukas Coch/AAP

A ruthlessly determined Tony Abbott has got his way on gay marriage. Coalition MPs came out two to one in favour of the government’s current policy and against a free vote, in an extraordinary meeting of five and a half hours in which...

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