Ruddock review fails to deter conservative MPs from attack on marriage bill

By Michael Koziol, Legal Affairs Correspondent
Updated November 23 2017 - 8:18am, first published 8:12am
Treasurer Scott Morrison addresses a CEDA conference at Parliament House in Canberra on Tuesday 24 October 2017. fedpol Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Treasurer Scott Morrison addresses a CEDA conference at Parliament House in Canberra on Tuesday 24 October 2017. fedpol Photo: Alex Ellinghausen

A snap inquiry into religious freedom has failed to deter conservative MPs from plans to amend same-sex marriage legislation to beef up exemptions for the faithful, as divisions on the government's right flank continue to mount.