Pauline Hanson And Jacqui Lambie Went To Dinner And Got An Idea

    TRIPLE PLEBISCITE.

    Senators Jacqui Lambie and Pauline Hanson have devised a plan for a triple plebiscite at the next election, which would see Australians vote on same-sex marriage, euthanasia, and Indigenous recognition.

    The Turnbull government's proposed plebiscite on same-sex marriage was killed off in a 33-29 vote in the Senate on Monday night.

    Speaking to the ABC on Tuesday morning, Lambie said she and Hanson would now propose three extra ballots at the next election on Indigenous recognition, euthanasia, and same-sex marriage.

    "Last night I was very lucky, I met up with Pauline Hanson and Brian [Burston] and James Ashby and we had some dinner and we're talking now about putting a bill through, so that we have dates, we haves times, so we can get this bill and take the vote at the next election," Lambie said.

    "Let's give these people some peace of mind, let's give them another direction, and tell them when they can take the vote, because they want to take this vote."

    "Three questions. Simple. Take your vote while you're [at the ballot box]."

    Lambie, who voted in favour of the same-sex marriage plebiscite, said she was disappointed it had been canned.

    "Finally the Australian people had some power and they've killed off the people power," she said.

    Government backbencher Andrew Broad told Sky News on Monday evening that the blocked plebiscite would mean no same-sex marriage in the foreseeable future.

    "If the Labor party wants to block [the plebiscite] then there will be not vote on same-sex marriage for this term, and I anticipate that will probably be our policy heading into another term," he said.