Queensland state parliament has voted in favour of reinstating same-sex civil unions. Voting overwhelmingly in support of same-sex civil unions, with 64 votes to 22, Queensland lawmakers have restored the law which was dumped by the Liberal National Party in 2012. The newly reinstated law, the Relationships (Civil Partnerships) and Other Acts Amendment Bill 2015, allows same-sex Queensland couples to make a prescribed declaration to each other in the presence of a register civil partnership notary and a witness reports Australia’s SameSame. Queensland’s Attorney-General Yvette D’Ath welcomed the decision, saying: “Let’s hope this is the last time we have to have this debate in Queensland Parliament.” This was the third time the issue of same-sex civil unions has been voted on in Queensland.
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First published: Friday, 4th December 2015 - 11:58am