The government has set Saturday, December 9 as the date the new laws will take effect and the Attorney-General’s office has confirmed this means weddings can take place from January 9.
Family law and same-sex divorce in Australia and overseas. From 9 December 2017, same-sex married couples are treated the same as other married couples in Australia. It does not matter whether the marriage happened: before or after 9 December 2017; or overseas (if we would recognise it as a valid overseas marriage) Download the fact sheet: Recognition of foreign same-sex marriages and divorce – 9 December 2017…
In August 2004, the Howard Government introduced a bill to insert a definition of marriage in the Interpretation section (Section 5) of the Act; as "the union of a man and a woman to the exclusion of all others, voluntarily entered into for life".
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On 27 May 2004, the then federal Attorney-General, Philip Ruddock, introduced a bill, intending to incorporate the-then common law definition of marriage into the Marriage Act 1961. In June 2004, the bill passed the House of Representatives and the Senate passed the amendment by 38 votes to 6 on 13 August 2004.
e. Same-sex marriage in Australia has been legal since 9 December 2017. Legislation to allow same-sex marriage, the Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Act 2017, passed the Australian Parliament on 7 December 2017 and received royal assent from the Governor-General the following day.
In the Australian Capital Territory, where Chief Minister Andrew Barr is the only openly gay leader of any state or territory, there were 124 same-sex marriages registered up to November 30.
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The result of the same-sex marriage survey will be made public on 15 November. What are the key dates? Tuesday, September 12 — Ballot packs begin to be sent out to all households. This process
Consequently, a same-sex couple receives the same rate of social security and family assistance payments as an opposite-sex couple. Despite large equality of rights, Australia cannot have a national registered partnership, civil union or same-sex relationship scheme as a result of constitutional limitations.
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