Relationship laws

  • Same-sex de facto partners provided with same entitlements as married partners
  • First state or territory to enact a civil union scheme in 2003 provides same-sex, opposite-sex and non-conjugal couples with virtually the same entitlements as married partners. Officially-recognised ceremonies allowed since 2009. Since 2010, automatic recognition of overseas same-sex marriages, and overseas and interstate civil unions.
  • State same-sex marriage legislation introduced three times since 2005
  • Parliament supported a motion calling for marriage equality in 2011

Parenting laws

  • Same-sex partners have access to reproductive technology, can be recognised on birth certificates. They have parity in step-parent adoption but not other forms of adoption.

Groups actively campaigning for marriage equality