Sarah Hanson-Young (SA, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the minister for clarifying the government’s opposition to this amendment. I would like to point out that all we are doing is amending the current definition proposed in this bill by the minister in the Acts Interpretation Act. It is simply saying that we recognise registered relationships, which is already in another part of the government’s bill anyway. I do not understand why we would not simply tighten it up and ensure that, if we are going to support registered relationships, we give them some type of status next to de facto relationships under the umbrella term of ‘couple relationship’.