The Liberal Leader is Denis Napthine, Member for Portland. You don't need to be a lawyer to talk about what laws are fair and which are not. This is a law about equality between heterosexual unmarried couples and homosexual unmarried couples. There will be no 'special rights' for gays and lesbians. Use examples from real life that you know about or have heard about.
People listen to real stories more than to abstract descriptions.
If you or any of your friends are in long-term relationships, for example, talk about how the current law would treat them unfairly if one of them became ill or died without a will or if they wanted to buy a house together. The law will help produce equality in areas of stamp duty, property division, rights on death of a partner, state superannuation schemes, state transport and accident compensation schemes, rights to be consulted and appointed guardian of an ill partner, to visit an ill partner in hospital and to be treated as next of kin in a coroner's court and for arrangements on death. This is not about marriage. Some of us want access to same-sex marriage, some do not. The reform now before Parliament is about immediate practical equality.