Federal Politics Live: November 25, 2014

So at the end of the day where do things stand?

• the cuts to the ABC again dominated the day with nervous Coalition MPs discussing the issue in their party room meeting this morning;
• Labor said it would increase funding to the public broadcasters but has declined to say by how much;
• Prime Minister Tony Abbott tried to turn the tables on Labor in Question Time by saying its position on the ABC's funding showed it was untrustworthy;
• Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull said the cuts were cuts, not an efficiency dividend; and
• Liberal Democratic Party Senator David Leyonhjelm will introduce his bill on same sex marriage into the Senate tomorrow.

Senator Leyonhjelm's bill is not expected to go before the Liberal Party room before the end of year.

Senator Leyonhjelm will tell the Senate on Wednesday that he supports marriage equality because he believes people "ought to have the freedom to choose their own path".

"When the law says that gay, lesbian, bisexual, trans and intersex people cannot marry....a major choice is being closed off," Senator Leyonhjelm will tell the Senate, according to an advance copy of his speech.

Liberal Democratic Party Senator David Leyonhjelm is poised to introduce his long awaited same sex marriage bill to the Senate.

The move will increase the pressure on the Liberal Party room to allow their MPs a conscience vote on the issue.

Senator Leyonhjelm is due to introduce his "Freedom to Marry Bill" to the Senate tomorrow afternoon, as Judith Ireland and Lisa Cox report.

It would allow gay, transgender and intersex people to marry.

"There are cuts to the ABC and SBS," Mr Turnbull told Sky News.

Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull has contradicted Prime Minister Tony Abbott in relation to the ABC funding cuts.

Mr Turnbull told Sky News a short time ago that the cuts are not an efficiency dividend.

The government's decision to privatise Medibank is going well.

Earlier today Medibank listed on the stock exchange at $2.22, an 11 per cent gain for retail investors, as business reporter Colin Kruger writes.

I can now point you in the direction of the full speech given by the chief of the Army, David Morrison, at a breakfast to mark White Ribbon Day.

Enough of the frivolities in the House of Representatives.

Over in the sober house of review senators have been debating the government's anti terrorism legislation.

Labor has confirmed it will support the laws which give police greater powers to curb the movements of terrorism suspects without charge and make it easier for overseas spies to share intelligence with the military, as national security correspondent David Wroe writes.

Speaker Bronwyn Bishop bids farewell to the chamber for the day.

For the record, Mrs Bishop has removed four Coalition MPs from the chamber over the past year and 249 Labor MPs.

Speaker Bronwyn Bishop leaves the House of Representatives on Tuesday.Credit: Alex Ellinghausen

That Jason Clare. He's one smooth operator.

Opposition communications spokesman Jason Clare talks with Speaker Bronwyn Bishop on Tuesday.Credit: Alex Ellinghausen