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The Briefing: Same-sex marriage
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The same-sex marriage debate has deteriorated further, with a string of homophobic attacks on public transport and private homes.
Police in Sydney are investigating a train carriage that was vandalised with homophobic slurs and Nazi swastikas, while Queensland police are looking into similar attacks against homes in Brisbane flying rainbow flags. In Hobart, a man has been charged with assault ($) after assaulting a transgender teenager, while neo-Nazi group the Antipodean Resistance has plastered a University of Tasmania campus with homophobic and anti-Semitic posters.
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Alex McKinnon, The Saturday Paper