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Same-Sex Relationships (Equal Treatment in Commonwealth Laws—General Law Reform) Bill 2008

14 October 2008

View the report as a single document - (PDF 486KB)

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Members of the Committee	(PDF 81KB)

Abbreviations	(PDF 108KB)

Recommendations	(PDF 114KB)

Chapter 1 - Introduction	(PDF 121KB)
Purpose of the Bill Conduct of the inquiry Acknowledgement Scope of the report Note on references

Chapter 2 - Overview of the Bill	(PDF 170KB)
Background to the Bill Purpose and key provisions

Chapter 3 - Key issues	(PDF 292KB)
Model definition - ’de facto partner’ Parent-child relationships Consistency in Commonwealth Acts Adverse implications of the Bill Commencement dates and an education campaign Scope of the same-sex law reforms Committee view

Additional comments by Liberal senators	(PDF 173KB)
’Spouse’ and ’de facto partner’ Multiple relationships ’Child as a product of a relationship’ ’Step child’ and ’step-parent’ Conflicting definitions Time for the inquiry

Additional comments by Senator Hanson-Young	(PDF 171KB)
Introduction Background Definition of a child Education Campaign Protection of vulnerable demographics Umbrella term for couple relationship International recognition of registered relationships Sex Discrimination Act 1984 Migration Act 1958 Amendment to the Marriage Act 1961 Conclusion

Appendix 1 - Submissions received	(PDF 116KB)
Submissions received from organisations Submissions received from individuals Standard letters and form letters

Appendix 2 - Witnesses who appeared before the committee	(PDF 111KB)

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Committee Secretary
Senate Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Australia

Phone: +61 2 6277 3560

Fax: +61 2 6277 5794

Email: legcon.sen@aph.gov.au