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World leaders to congratulate Australia for the
final result provided Nicola Sturgeon (First Minister of Scotland), Justin Trudeau (Prime Minister of Canada)
and Theresa May (Prime Minister of the United Kingdom). Former Prime Minister Tony
Abbott reported in November that the "No" marketing campaign experienced 20,000 donors who donated about $6 million to the marketing campaign. Reflecting on the greatly concentrated "No" vote prominent
in Western Sydney electorates, Keysar Trad, former president of the Australian Federation of Islamic Councils, labelled it
"heartening" and praised the purpose of faith leaders in both of those the Muslim and Christian communities in the location. By 26 September, marketing companies
group Ebiquity approximated that the direct "No" group (Coalition for Marriage) experienced spent
about $3,975,872 on advertising, a determine higher than their
estimate for the two lead "Yes" groups (Australian Marriage Equality and the Equality Campaign), about $2,920,740.
In contrast, 41 electorates at the 2016 Australian federal election experienced two bash chosen success in just the identical diploma of margin (±5 for each
cent). Australian legislation was held on fifteen December 2017, with more weddings happening the following working day.
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