Same-sex marriage: Turnbull on winning side but troubles are far from over

Polls suggest their message may have cut through to many voters, even though other polls still show a majority disagreeing

At last this interminable, expensive, unnecessary, discriminatory, divisive and demeaning postal “vote” survey is over, with 61.6% voting in favour.

Unnecessary because, unlike in the case of the Irish referendum, there was no constitutional need for a popular vote on the issue.

Furthermore, it has merely confirmed what ten years of opinion polls have already told us – that the majority of Australians support same-sex marriage.

Discriminatory, because why were same-sex couples singled out for a political decision-making process that no other equivalent group in this country has had to endure?