Australian Defence Force says personnel serving overseas won't miss plebiscite

By Tom McIlroy
Updated August 21 2017 - 3:13pm, first published 3:07pm
Australian Special Forces task group (Special Air Service or SAS) soldiers take part in a training exercise in Afghanistan in this July 31, 2002 handout file picture. Prime Minister John Howard announced May 8, 2006 that Australia would send an extra 240 troops to Afghanistan in July to join NATO reconstruction operations. The new deployment will bring Australian troop numbers in Afghanistan to more than 500. Photo by Wade Laube (Australian Defence Force Hand-Out).
Australian Special Forces task group (Special Air Service or SAS) soldiers take part in a training exercise in Afghanistan in this July 31, 2002 handout file picture. Prime Minister John Howard announced May 8, 2006 that Australia would send an extra 240 troops to Afghanistan in July to join NATO reconstruction operations. The new deployment will bring Australian troop numbers in Afghanistan to more than 500. Photo by Wade Laube (Australian Defence Force Hand-Out).
David Kalisch Australian Statistician Australian Bureau of Statistics appeared before the Economics References Committee public hearing into the 2016 Census at Parliament House in Canberra on Tuesday 25 October 2016. Photo: Andrew Meares
David Kalisch Australian Statistician Australian Bureau of Statistics appeared before the Economics References Committee public hearing into the 2016 Census at Parliament House in Canberra on Tuesday 25 October 2016. Photo: Andrew Meares

The federal government says it's confident existing mail systems will be reliable enough for Australia's overseas military personnel to take part in the postal plebiscite on same-sex marriage.

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