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Durack votes yes to same-sex marriage

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 15: People in the crowd celebrate as the result is announced during the Official Melbourne Postal Survey Result Announcement at the State Library of Victoria on November 15, 2017 in Melbourne, Australia. Australians have voted for marriage laws to be changed to allow same-sex marriage, with the Yes vote defeating No. Despite the Yes victory, the outcome of Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey is not binding, and the process to change current laws will move to the Australian Parliament in Canberra. (Photo by Scott Barbour/Getty Images)
Camera IconMELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 15: People in the crowd celebrate as the result is announced during the Official Melbourne Postal Survey Result Announcement at the State Library of Victoria on November 15, 2017 in Melbourne, Australia. Australians have voted for marriage laws to be changed to allow same-sex marriage, with the Yes vote defeating No. Despite the Yes victory, the outcome of Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey is not binding, and the process to change current laws will move to the Australian Parliament in Canberra. (Photo by Scott Barbour/Getty Images) Credit: Getty Images

Durack has voted yes to same-sex marriage in the Federal Government’s postal plebiscite.

The results were announced by the Australian Bureau of Statistics today, with the yes vote garnering 61.6 per cent of the vote across the nation.

66,432 enrolled citizens in Durack voted, the majority siding with the yes vote.

While it was a clear yes result in Durack, the vote was slightly lower than the state and national average.

59.2 per cent, or 39,304 people voted yes in Durack, while 40.8 per cent (27.128) people voted no.

WA recorded a 63.7 per cent yes vote, with 1,257,499 residents having their say.

Durack had the smallest numerical turnout in WA

More to come.

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