by Jen | Oct 22, 2013 | Australian news, News
Same-sex marriage laws passed the ACT Parliament today, after last-minute modifications based on expert legal advice to protect against a High Court challenge, writes Rodney Croome Australia’s leading constitutional barrister, Bret Walker SC, has cleared the way for...
by Jen | Oct 22, 2013 | Australian news, News
The ACT government has scrambled to amend its same-sex marriage bill in a last-minute bid to safeguard the historic law from being struck down by the High Court. But marriage equality advocates were warning the government on Monday night that the bill was likely to be...
by Jen | Oct 18, 2013 | AME media releases, News
A “game changing” expert legal opinion has found that a state-based same-sex marriage law proposed in Tasmania is constitutionally valid. The advice comes from leading High Court barrister and constitutional expert, Bret Walker SC, who worked together with...
