{"id":31763,"date":"2015-08-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-08-14T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/bigger-issues-than-gay-marriage\/"},"modified":"2015-08-14T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-08-14T00:00:00","slug":"bigger-issues-than-gay-marriage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/bigger-issues-than-gay-marriage\/","title":{"rendered":"Bigger issues than gay marriage"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Minister for Social Services Scott Morrison says there are far more important issues facing the country than same-sex marriage, like jobs, jobs and jobs.<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019d be very happy to do that,\u201d Mr Morrison said in reply to a FIVEAA caller who urged the government to forget gay marriage and get on with the \u201creal stuff\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wasn\u2019t the one who raised the issue at all,\u201d he told Leon Byner.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019d be very happy to continue on with the important work we\u2019re doing on family domestic violence, and on homelessness and dealing with the issues right across my social services portfolio.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGetting people into work \u2013 that\u2019s what I\u2019m focussed on every day. I\u2019m not focussed on the issue of same-sex marriage every day at all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are far more important issues.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Asked what they were, Mr Morrison said: \u201cis jobs, is jobs and it\u2019s jobs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>LISTEN to Scott Morrison here:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/sport\/wawrinka-wouldn-t-say-it-to-worst-enemy\">I WOULDN&#8217;T SAY IT TO MY WORST ENEMY &#8211; STAN WAWRINKA<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/shows\/david-mark-jane\/south-aussies-get-behind-families-touched-by-tragedy\">SOUTH AUSSIES RALLY BEHIND FAMILIES TOUCHED BY TRAGEDY<\/a><\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Minister for Social Services Scott Morrison says there are far more important issues facing the country than same-sex marriage, like jobs, jobs and jobs. \u201cI\u2019d be very happy to do that,\u201d Mr Morrison said in reply to a FIVEAA caller who urged the government to forget gay marriage and get on with the \u201creal stuff\u201d. 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