Tag: same sex marriage in australia

Since the implementation of the Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Act 2017, factors such as sex and gender no longer affect Australian marriage rights, with same-sex marriage now legal amongst all states and territories. These changes altered the existing Marriage Act 1961, redefining marriage to be ‘the union of two people to the exclusion of all others, voluntarily entered into for life’. Same-sex Marriage Marriages involving couples of the same-sex are recognised with Australian divorce proceedings, regardless of whether...