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Labor leader Bill Shorten was channeling the party's late hero Gough Whitlam today - saying it's time - to embrace same sex marriage. Then he introduced legislation - to try to make it happen: Canberra: TONY ABBOTT VISITS SMALL BUSINESS TO PROMOTE NEW BUDGET / BILL SHORTEN AND TANYA PLIBERSEK ALONG / CANBERRA - BILL SHORTEN MARRIAGE EQUALITY BILL INTRODUCTION UPSOT - BILL SHORTEN (Opposition Leader) "This is a long overdue change" / MARRIAGE EQUALITY SPEECH IN PARLIAMENT USPOT BILL SHORTEN (Opposition Leader) "It is time. The right time to make marriage equality a reality" / FILE - GROOMS HOLD HANDS AT GAY WEDDING CEREMONY / UPSOT BILL SHORTEN IN PARLIAMENT (Opposition Leader) "The union of two people" / INT PARLIAMENT / ABBOTT IN SMALL BUSINESS UPSOT TONY ABBOTT (Prime Minister) "Isn't this fantastic!" / UPSOT TONY ABBOTT (Prime Minister) "Well Joe. Well done. Well done on a good Budget" / IV TONY ABBOTT (Prime Minister) "We don't have to do everything immediately"