Family Law Blog

You may be thinking that it will be a while before same-sex couples start filing for divorce, although there are many couples in Australia who have been married for a significant period of time.

Gay marriage is such a hot topic right now. Just recently I had a family dinner and OMG, the discussion about gay marriage was fierier than mum’s chilli chicken! With all the recent news about gay marriage it was a topic that was inevitably going to come up but I honestly did not expect such a great divide at the dinner table on this issue. So in the news recently, France and New Zealand passed legislation to support gay marriage. Now, Brazil has become the third and largest Latin American country to give a green light to gay marriage, the ruling drawing praise from gay marriage rights activists in Rio. Turning to Australia, Kevin Rudd has recently expressed that he now supports gay marriage. Experts say these latest developments will affect the future of Australia's popular and political stance on the issue – the question now is will Australia follow suit and legalise gay marriage?

The Australian lobby group called Get-Up paid $31,000 for a dinner with Julia Gillard at the Canberra Press Gallery’s annual ball this week. The dinner formed part of the Press Gallery’s annual fundraising auction and Get-Up is giving the prize to three same-sex couples who will now have unprecedented access to the Prime Minister at the small event. Same-sex marriage is certainly attracting a lot of attention at the moment. A new television advertising campaign is garnering attention and Shelly Argent (OAM), the mum who fronts the campaign, has also been doing the rounds of the morning television shows.