The Tasmanian relationship registry at a glance
The following fact sheet on the Tasmanian relationships registry was produced for the information of LGBT people in NSW by the TGLRG on October 11th, 2007. For more information visit the Relationships Tasmania website.
Who can register?
Any two Tasmanian residents who are adults and not already married or in another registered relationship. They do not need to cohabit or be in an existing relationship.
What are the benefits?
Immediate access to the same rights as married couples in state law and a guarantee that these rights will be acknowledged and respected.
Does registration out me?
The registry is open to partners in heterosexual, companionate and familial relationships, as well as same-sex couples. The identity of registered couples is protected by law.
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A Relationships Register in Victoria, Mk II
This paper on relationship registries was issued by the Victorian Government on June 4th, 2007.
On 24 April 2007 the Premier announced that the Government will establish a relationships register based on the Tasmanian model in Victoria and that the Attorney General would consult interested groups on the detail of the scheme.
The scheme will include the opportunity for couples who have a mutual commitment to a shared life to have those relationships registered so as to give greater access to rights already recognised at law.
Broad support has been expressed for the introduction of a Tasmanian style scheme into Victoria. Support has been expressed by the Municipal Association of Victoria, the Law Institute of Victoria, the Australian Christian Lobby and the Victorian Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby. The Government considers that it is important to maintain as broad as possible support for this measure as this will encourage other states to adopt similar legislation.
This paper provides a general summary of the Tasmanian Relationships Act 2003 and invites comment on some issues that arise in adapting a model based on the Tasmanian scheme into the Victorian context.
Comments on these issues are invited by 12 June 2007 and should be addressed:
Mr Chris Humphreys
Director, Civil Law Policy
Department of Justice
Level 24, 121 Exhibition Street
Melbourne, Victoria 3000
DX 210077
or email: LegalPolicySubmissions@justice.vic.gov.au
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A Relationships Register in Victoria
This paper on relationship registries was issued by the Victorian Justice Department on May 31st, 2007.
On 24 April 2007 the Premier announced that the Government will establish a relationships register based on the Tasmanian model in Victoria and that the Attorney General would consult interested groups on the detail of the scheme.
The scheme will include the opportunity for couples who have a mutual commitment to a shared life to have those relationships registered so as to give greater access to rights already recognised at law.
Broad support has been expressed for the introduction of a Tasmanian style scheme into Victoria. Support has been expressed by the Municipal Association of Victoria, the Law Institute of Victoria, the Australian Christian Lobby and the Victorian Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby. The Government considers that it is important to maintain as broad as possible support for this measure as this will encourage other states to adopt similar legislation.
This paper explains the Tasmanian Relationships Act 2003 and invites comment on some issues that arise in adapting a model based on the Tasmanian scheme into the Victorian context.
Comments on these issues are invited by 12 June 2007 and should be addressed:
Mr Chris Humphreys
Director, Civil Law Policy
Department of Justice
Level 24, 121 Exhibition Street
Melbourne, Victoria 3000
DX 210077
or email: LegalPolicySubmissions@justice.vic.gov.au
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The real issue is intolerance
Statement of support to the Canberra civil union rally from the Tasmanian Gay and Lesbian Rights Group, 29.4.06.
The Federal Government is obsessed with marriage.
It's obsessed with excluding same-sex couples from the right to marry and stigmatising them as second rate.
It's obsessed with rolling the whole institution of marriage back into the nineteen fifties, not only by banning same-sex nuptials but by making straight marriage as traditional as possible.
The Federal Government is so obsessed with marriage that it's threatened to over ride the democratically-elected Government of the ACT and ban civil unions because it believes these unions will be "too much like marriage".
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