Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Act 2017 | |
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Parliament of Australia | |
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Citation | No. 129, 2017 |
Territorial extent | Australia |
Enacted by | Parliament of Australia |
Enacted | 7 December 2017 |
Royal assent | 8 December 2017 |
Commenced | 9 December 2017 |
Legislative history | |
Introduced by | Senator Dean Smith |
First reading | 15 November 2017 |
Second reading | 28 November 2017 |
Third reading | 29 November 2017 |
Member(s) in charge | Warren Entsch MP |
First reading | 4 December 2017 |
Second reading | 7 December 2017 |
Third reading | 7 December 2017 |
Related legislation | |
Marriage Act 1961 | |
Keywords | |
same-sex marriage | |
Status: Current legislation |
The Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Act 2017 (Cth) is an Act of the Parliament of Australia, which legalises same-sex marriage in Australia by amending the Marriage Act 1961 to allow marriage between two persons of marriageable age, regardless of their gender.
Introduced as a private member's bill by Western Australian Senator Dean Smith of the Liberal Party following the Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey, the bill passed the Parliament on 7 December 2017. It received royal assent on the following day and came into effect on 9 December 2017.[1]