“We’re seeing a lot of people [in government] who have grown up with similar experiences, have gone to similar schools, and have perhaps experienced similar things in their lives,” she said.
Bravo!

“This means they’re sitting around and considering our problems in a very generic and similar way.

“That’s why you need to bring people into the mix that have experienced life differently – they’ll not only have different ideas about solutions to the problems we face, but about what the problems are in the first place.”

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Booooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

“And while Ismail’s pro-marriage equality, anti-plebiscite position remains firm, she said legalising same-sex marriage isn’t always the most pressing issue.”

The fail here is that whilst the first idea above states that you shouldn’t necessarily react to pressing issues as if yours is the only view point, she then goes on to do the same when it’s about marriage equality? What?

Imho– state-protected & sanctified marriage IS a VERY pressing “issue” as it is BLATANTLY discriminatory. Deliberately holding this legal validation out of the reach of only certain tax-paying, consenting couples is outright discrimination designed solely to diminish them.

Until people elected, who supposedly long for TRUE equality go the full-mile in their promotion of fairness & human rights to ALL, anything else is dereliction of their sworn duty. If Howard passed that vile bit of nastiness- no trouble at all, Then Turnbull can change it right back, and should take no trouble at all.