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AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY
Leader:
Julia Gillard
(Prime Minister) |
The
Australian Labor Party (ALP) is opposed to legal equality for same-sex
couples.
Labor supports
marriage under Australian law
as being exclusively a union between a
man and a
woman and refuses to recognise same-sex marriages
entered into overseas
by either Australians or even
the nationals of those countries concerned.
The
current Labor Government recently
removed most of the financial discrimination previously faced by same-sex couples,
which has benefitted some whilst disadvantaging others.
Those in same-sex relationships,
for example, are now obliged to declare their relationship to
Centrelink, thereby possibly receiving reduced benefits, but
have still not been granted the right to marry, if they so wish.
Labor
has committed to
recognising state-based civil union schemes provided they
do not
too closely resemble marriage.
Rating out of 5:
2 / 5
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