Parliament of Australia:Senate:Committees:Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs:Same-Sex Relationships (Equal Treatment in Commonwealth Laws-Superannuation) Bill 2008

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Same-Sex Relationships (Equal Treatment in Commonwealth Laws-Superannuation) Bill 2008

14 October 2008

View the report as a single document - (PDF 529KB)

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Members of the Committee	(PDF 82KB)

Abbreviations	(PDF 121KB)

Recommendations	(PDF 116KB)

Chapter 1 - Introduction	(PDF 138KB)
Purpose of the Bill Conduct of the inquiry Acknowledgement Scope of the report Note on references

Chapter 2 - Overview of the Bill	(PDF 179KB)
Background to the Bill Purpose and key provisions

Chapter 3 - Same-sex discrimination	(PDF 224KB)
Same-sex discrimination in Commonwealth superannuation laws Australia’s international obligations regarding same-sex discrimination Key provisions intended to eliminate same-sex discrimination in Commonwealth superannuation laws

Chapter 4 - Interdependent relationships	(PDF 220KB)
Legal recognition of interdependent relationships in Commonwealth superannuation laws Coverage of interdependent relationships Terms of reference for the inquiry

Chapter 5 - Children and legislative consistency	(PDF 232KB)
Status of children within the Bill Legal and fiscal implications of the definitions of ’child’ and ’child of a couple relationship’ Same-sex de facto relationships The General Law Reform Bill Consistency in legislation Committee view

Additional comments by Liberal senators	(PDF 163KB)
Amendments to the Bill ’Couple relationship’ ’Child as a product of a relationship’

Additional comments by Senator Hanson-Young	(PDF 168KB)
Introduction Background Private Superannuation Funds Definition of a ’couple relationship’ Definition of a ’child’ Conclusion

Appendix 1 - Submissions received	(PDF 150KB)

Appendix 2 - Witnesses who appeared before the committee	(PDF 113KB)

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Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee
Department of the Senate
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Canberra ACT 2600
Australia

Phone: +61 2 6277 3560

Fax: +61 2 6277 5794

Email: legcon.sen@aph.gov.au