“HER parents voted ‘No’ in last years same-sex marriage postal vote. Her brother, Tony Abbott, actively campaigned against it.

“But when Christine Forster married long-time partner Virginia Edwards last Friday, they were there to join the celebrations.

“The only sad note was Christine wishing her father, Dick Abbott, who passed away just before Christmas, could have been there to celebrate.

But there were times that both the wedding — and having her family in attendance — seemed impossible, Christine told “ABC’s Australian Story on Monday.

“While some wonder how the former PM could have the hide to fight so hard against his sister having the right to marry, then front at the wedding.”

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