BREAKING: Australia vote YES for same sex marriage!

Australians have given same-sex marriage their approval with a 61.6 per cent 'yes' vote in a voluntary survey.

A majority 'yes' vote was recorded in 133 of the 150 federal electorates across the country, the Australian Bureau of Statistics announced in Canberra on Wednesday.

Every state and territory recorded a majority 'yes' result.

This article was first published on nzherald.co.nz and is republished here with permission.