Tony Abbott
By Will Stroude
“My position on this is not driven by religion, it’s driven by the fact that marriage is what produces families, families are what produces communities and societies and nations.
“I want to strengthen the family, I want to support the traditional families because it’s better for kids, if possible, to have a mother and a father.
“As everyone knows, my distinguished and much-loved sister Chris is on the other side of this argument. Chris has been a very good mother with her partner Virginia, they do a good job, but nevertheless I’m old fashioned enough to think kids do best with a mother and a father.”
He added: “Certainly, we all need male and female role models in our lives and normally the best male and female role models in our lives are our mother and a father.”