Marriage equality
LGBTIQ+
The 黑料情报站 considers that the fundamental human rights principle of equality means that civil marriage should be available, without discrimination, to all couples, regardless of sex, sexual orientation or gender identity.
Position Paper
Marriage equality in a changing world
Information Sheets
This information sheet gives an overview of the religious exemptions to unlawful discrimination in the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (Cth) (SDA).
Media release
Human rights landmark as Australia legalises marriage equality (7 December 2017)
Submissions
Opinion Pieces
The debate on marriage equality this year has focussed on process: should parliament or the people vote on this issue? We now have a welcome move to substance.Six weeks ago, Attorney-General George Brandis got the ball rolling by releasing an...
Thursday 1 December 2016
Mr Edward Santow, Human Rights Commissioner
Imagine seeing the words "never married" on your new husband's death certificate. As if the grief of losing your husband while honeymooning wasn't traumatic enough.Marco Bulmer-Rizzi's husband, David, died after falling down stairs at a friend's...
Friday 29 January 2016
Professor Gillian Triggs, President
Religious freedom could be seriously compromised if a referendum were held on whether same-sex couples were allowed to marry.Following the events of the week numerous people have talked up a referendum, not a plebiscite, as the 鈥減ublic vote鈥 on...
Friday 14 August 2015
Tim Wilson, Human Rights Commissioner
A law can be designed to protect the rights of all and avoid a distracting and divisive debate on marriage for same-sex couples.There are two fundamental human rights that could be affected by any change: equality before the law and religious...
Saturday 8 August 2015
Tim Wilson, Human Rights Commissioner
Religious freedom isn鈥檛 sufficiently protected in any of the bills before the parliament to allow same-sex couples to marry.Last week the leader of the government in the Senate, Eric Abetz, raised concern that those of faith might suffer legal...
Monday 6 July 2015
Tim Wilson, Human Rights Commissioner
Visibility remains one of the greatest challenges in tackling the legacy of state-sanctioned discrimination against people on the basis of their sexual orientation, gender identity and intersex status.In the past 30 years we鈥檝e made great strides in...
Thursday 11 June 2015
Tim Wilson, Human Rights Commissioner
On Sunday night, the Australian Marriage Forum (AMF) broadcast an advertisement against marriage for same-sex couples. The advertisement was scheduled to be broadcast on Channels 7, 9 and SBS.The AMF advertisement argued that same-sex couples should...
Wednesday 11 March 2015
Tim Wilson, Human Rights Commissioner
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