'I hope to soon be able to marry my partner': Union official calls on Labor to back plebiscite

By Tom McIlroy
Updated August 31 2016 - 2:23pm, first published 1:27pm
Labor's Tanya Plibersek and Bill Shorten are expected to oppose the government's planned plebiscite. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Labor's Tanya Plibersek and Bill Shorten are expected to oppose the government's planned plebiscite. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen

A NSW union official has called on Labor to support a plebiscite on same-sex marriage as the fastest way to achieve equality for gay and lesbian Australians.