Australian communications minister Malcolm Turnbull on Friday said he believed there was "a reasonable prospect" of the country changing its laws to allow same-sex couples to marry.

His comments follow the nation's top court on Thursday striking down a landmark gay marriage law in the nation's capital, ruling that only the national parliament, not state and territory authorities, has the power to decide who could wed.

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