Same-Sex Marriage and the Australian States

See, eg, Same-Sex Marriages Bill 2006 (Cth).

Same-Sex Marriage Bill 2012 (Tas); Same-Sex Marriage Bill 2013 (NSW); Marriage Equality Bill 2012 (Vic); Same Sex Marriage Bill 2013 (SA); Same-Sex Marriage Bill 2013 (WA).

(2013) 250 CLR 441.

Ibid 453.

New South Wales, Parliamentary Debates, Legislative Council, 24 May 2012, 11931.

Bolger Rosemary , ‘Libs Rule Out Same-Sex Marriage Vote’, The Examiner (online), 7 August 2012 <http://www.examiner.com.au/story/181507/libs-rule-out-same-sex-marriage-vote/>.

The power of the Commonwealth to enact laws under this power dealing with same-sex marriage was affirmed in Commonwealth v Australian Capital Territory (2013) 250 CLR 441.

Constitution Act 1902 (NSW) section 5.

Baehr v Lewin 852 P2d 44 (Haw, 1993).

Freedom to Marry, States (17July 2014) <http://www.freedomtomarry.org/states/>.

Australian Capital Territory, ‘Annotated Submissions of the Australian Capital Territory’, Submission in Commonwealth v Australian Capital Territory, No C13 of 2013, 25 November 2013, [7]–[17].

Williams George , ‘Advice Regarding the Proposed Same-Sex Marriage Act’ (2006) 9 Constitutional Law and Policy Review 21.

Same-Sex Marriage Bill 2005 (Tas).

Parkinson Patrick , Submission No 102 to Standing Committee on Social Issues, Legislative Council, Inquiry into Same Sex Marriage Law in NSW, 2 February 2013, 8.

Ibid, 18.

Memorandum of Advice from Bret Walker, Chris Young and Perry Herzfeld to Australian Marriage Equality, 11 October 2013; Memorandum of Advice from Bret Walker and Perry Herzfeld to Australian Marriage Equality, 22 October 2013.

Marriage Equality (Same Sex) Act 2013 (ACT) long title.

Memorandum of Advice from Bret Walker and Perry Herzfeld to Australian Marriage Equality, 21 October 2013.

Croome Rodney , ‘Marriage Equality at Last in the ACT’, New Matilda (online), 22 October 2013 <https://newmatilda.com/2013/10/22/marriage-equality-last-act>.

Cox Lisa , ‘Same-Sex Marriage Laws Could be Amended Ahead of High Court Legal Challenge’, Canberra Times (Canberra), 24 October 2013 <http://www.canberratimes.com.au/act-news/same-sex-marriage-laws-could-be-amended-ahead-of-high-court-legal-challenge-20131024-2w3xt.html>.

For discussion and analysis of this decision, see Chordia Shipra , ‘The High Court, Same-Sex Marriage and Federalism’ (2014) 39 Alternative Law Journal 84; Twomey Anne , ‘Same-Sex Marriage and Constitutional Interpretation’ (2014) 88 Australian Law Journal 613.

Commonwealth v Australian Capital Territory (2013) 250 CLR 441, 452.

Ibid.

South Australia v Totani (2010) 242 CLR 1.

Wainohu v New South Wales (2011) 243 CLR 181.

Assistant Commissioner Condon v Pompano Pty Ltd (2013) 295 ALR 638.

Commonwealth v Australian Capital Territory (2013) 250 CLR 441, 463–4.

Ibid 467.

Ibid.

Marriage Amendment Act 2004 (Cth).

Commonwealth v Australian Capital Territory (2013) 250 CLR 441, 468.

(1995) 183 CLR 373, 465.

(1983) 153 CLR 280.

(1948) 77 CLR 84.

(1961) 106 CLR 268.

See, eg, on the death penalty, Lennan Jo Williams George , ‘The Death Penalty in Australian Law’ (2012) 34 Sydney Law Review 659.