The Marriage Legislation Amendment Bill 2004 sought to amend the Marriage Act 1961 (Cth) to define marriage as a union of a man and a woman; and clarify that same-sex marriages entered into under the law of another country would not be recognised in Australia; and Family Law Act 1975 (Cth) to prevent intercountry adoptions by same sex couples
Same-sex marriage ceremonies are taking place across the country, as Australia celebrates the first official day of marriage equality. At a minute past midnight, Diana and Deanne Ribeiro made
The ACT has become the first jurisdiction in Australia to legalise same-sex marriage. No hell broke loose, the sky did not fall in. Posted on December 06, 2013, 13:50 GMT
2017-DEC-16: Australias first same-sex marriage: Lauren Price, 31, originally from Briton Ferry, UK, married Amy Laker, 29, in Sydney, Australia, three weeks earlier than was expected. They had originally planned to be married at the British Consulate, but decided to try to have a regular Australian marriage ceremony instead.
Melbourne women may be first same-sex couple to marry in Australia TWO weeks after Parliament passed the same-sex marriage laws, Stephanie Dyball and Megan Stapleton may become the first gay couple to legally marry in Australia. December 14, 2017 6:50am
Same-sex marriage has been on the political agenda in Australia for several years, as part of the broader debate about the legal recognition of same-sex relationships. The expansion of legal rights and protections afforded to same-sex couples in Australia …
The extraordinary efforts behind the scenes of Australias first same-sex marriage, allowing a Queensland woman to wed her partner before she died from cancer, have been revealed. Jill Kindt and Jo Grant had been together for eight years but only legally married for 48 days, after they tied the knot in their garden on December 15.
The ACT was the first jurisdiction in Australia to legally recognise same-sex couples in 1994. It was the second to allow joint adoption petitions by same-sex couples in 2003, following Western Australia. It also is the first (and currently, only) jurisdiction to allow Civil unions after its Civil Unions Act passed the Legislative Assembly in
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