Helen Coonan (NSW, Liberal Party, Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts) Share this | Hansard source

I do not know how else to say it: it is a matter of interpretation. For the purposes of our deliberations here in respect of this bill, it is certainly open to interpretation that it includes same-sex partners. That, as I understand it, would be a conclusion that could be drawn from the way in which it is cast and the way in which the interpretations define who is a spouse.