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Australian PM Turnbull promises gay marriage referendum if re-elected Australian Prime Minister   Malcolm Turnbull   on Monday promised a referendum on legalisation of same-sex marriages before the year ends, if he is re-elected. "Of course, if we are successful on July 2, then I have every expectation that the parliament will swiftly legislate for a plebiscite and a plebiscite will be held shortly after parliament resumes, which I would assume to be in August," Turnbull said during an event in Sydney. "So I would hope that the plebiscite could be held before the end of the year," said Turnbull. Opposition Labour Party leader Bill Shorten asked Turnbull to legalise same-sex marriage immediately instead of calling a   referendum , which he said, will become a "platform for homophobia". "I intend to win the election. I intend to put forward legislation in the first 100 days," Shorten said. Australia, which accepts civil marriage in ...

Video showing Hillary Clinton 'lying for 13 mins straight' goes viral Democratic presidential front- runner   Hillary Clinton   has come under fire in a new viral video that purports to show her lying or changing her stance on various topics "for 13 minutes straight" with the set of clips notching up over 7 million hits online. The video is a long highlight reel of Clinton contradicting herself or saying things that turned out not to be true on issues from gay marriage and Wall Street to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and her private email server. The video, posted by a YouTube user, entitled "Hillary Clinton lying for 13 minutes straight", could exacerbate her low polling numbers. The   video showing   at the start makes it clear that the project, which has been viewed almost 7.5 million times, was not a "pro-Trump video" and the Republican presumptive nominee would be the next target. On gay marriage, the video show...