Submission: the Recognition of Foreign Marriages Bill 2014 (Cth)
The Human Rights Law Centre and NACLC have made a joint submission with support from the Inner City Legal Centre (a specialist LGBTIQ legal service in NSW) to the inquiry into the Recognition of Foreign Marriages Bill 2014 (Cth).
The submission reiterates that the Marriage Act (Cth) in its current form unacceptably discriminates against LGBTI people.
While the Bill does not remedy the discrimination central to the definition of marriage in the Marriage Act, it is nevertheless an important step forward towards marriage equality in Australia.
The submission strongly supports the Bill with some amendments, set out in the submission.