Sent_en: 2ms Senator Bartlett's second reading speech which was incorporated into the Hansard described that the bill "reverses the Marriage Amendment Act 2004...which...changed the definition to that of a union between one man and one woman only", and refuted arguments against same-sex marriage proposed by some conservative Government senators.
Sent_yy: Ucapan kedua bacaan Senator Bartlett yang telah dimasukkan ke dalam penyata rasmi parlimen menerang bahawa rang undang-undang tersebut "menterbalikkan Akta Pindaan Perkahwinan 2004...yakni...mengubah definisinya kepada kesatuan di antara seorang lelaki dan seorang wanita sahaja," dan menafikan hujah terhadap perkahwinan sama jantina yang dicadangkan oleh beberapa senator konservatif Kerajaan.