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The four Hibbard brothers (Walter, Fred,
Charles, and H. A.) originally came to Denison, Texas, in 1876 from Troy,
Wisconsin, to begin operating one of the earliest successful grocery companies
in the city. The Hibbards initially occupied 301 West Main Street in 1888,
remaining there until Madden's Department Store displaced them in 1894.
The Hibbards in 1894 found new quarters at 112
South Houston Avenue, in a building constructed in 1885 by the Waples-Platter
Grocery Company. In 1897, when Lingo-Leeper moved out of the earliest
Waples-Platter structure at 100 East Main Street, the Hibbards moved into it
for the next five years, while also retaining their other location nearby at
112 South Houston. In 1902, they moved into their new Denison Grocer Company
building at 112–114 North Houston Avenue, leaving behind both the former
By 1908, the firm was well established, with W.
S. Hibbard serving as president, C. S. Cobb as vice president, and C. C. Jinks
as secretary. A publication of that year cites the "large brick structure of
three floors, each 60 by 160 feet in dimension. This building was erected in
1905 [sic] and fitted up with every modern convenience. The stock
carried and handled includes everything in the line of groceries and produce.
In short, the house is a thoroughly modern and up-to-date establishment. . . .
A number of traveling men represent the house throughout Denison's prescribed
Directory Information:
1907 W. [Walter] S. Hibbard, member of board of education,
1907 Walter S. Hibbard, president and treasurer of Denison
Grocer Company, 112-114 North Houston Avenue. Residence, 624 West Gandy Street.
Wife is Allie Hibbard.
1907 Denison Grocer Company, 112-114 North Houston Avenue. W. S.
Hibbard, president and treasurer; J. B. McDougall, vice president; C. C. Jinks,
1912 Walter S. Hibbard is a member of the Denison School Board.
He urges the City council to build a new high school.
of Walter S. Hibbard
Source: A History of Texas and Texans, by Francis White Johnson and Ernest William
Winkler, volume 3
(1914), page 1417
R. P. Hibbard was born in the state of
Michigan, of Scotch parentage, and as a young man removed to Wisconsin, where
he spent a number of years in agricultural pursuits. He came to Texas in 1876,
and almost immediately embarked in the drug business at Denison, in which he
continued to be engaged during the remainder of his life. He died in 1907, and
the mother, who was born in New York, passed away during the same year. They
were the parents of four sons, as follows: Charles M., who is a tinner by trade
and carries on a successful business in Denison; Walter S., of this review; H.
A., who is the proprietor of a retail grocery establishment at Denison; and
Fred P., formerly in partnership with Walter S., who passed away in 1900.
The early education of Walter S. Hibbard
was secured in the public schools of his native state. He was sixteen years of
age when he accompanied his parents to Texas, and here he completed his studies
in the graded and high schools of Denison. He early showed ambition and
industry, and after his graduation from the high school he soon secured
employment as a telegrapher for the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad at
Denison. It had always been his ambition to enter commercial lines, however,
and when the opportunity offered, in 1890, he took his earnings and engaged in
the grocery business with his brother, Fred P. Hibbard, under the firm style of
Hibbard Brothers.
Looking east on East Main StreetIn 1897–1902, the Hibbards' Denison Grocer
Company first occupied 100 East Main Street, shown here. Across the street, just
west of the MKT freight office, are saloons, cafes, and a loan office. Note the
electrical poles and trolley car.
This was but a retail concern, but in 1895 the brothers
embarked in the wholesale trade, which met with such success that in 1901 the
business was incorporated with a stock company, under the style of Denison
Grocery Company, and of this concern Mr. Hibbard has continued to be president.
Although he devotes the greater part of his attention to this business, his
abilities are not allowed to go to waste, for several large industries have
gained the benefit of his keen discernment, acumen and good judgment. He is
vice-president of the Southwestern Surety and Insurance Company, and a director
of the National Bank of Denison and of the Denison Banking and Trust Company.
He is a member of the executive board of the Chamber of Commerce, and has the
utmost confidence of his associates in all fields.
118 N Houston Avenueremodeled Denison Grocer Company Buildingca. 2010
The Denison Grocery Company
is a concern which has grown out of the needs of its locality, and which has
developed its trade until it extends all over the states of Texas and Oklahoma.
The business house, at Nos. 212 and 214 North Houston avenue, is a modern
structure, and here handles a full line of all general groceries of a high
grade. From the first Mr. Hibbard's able management has been seen in its
affairs, and his partners constantly look to him for advice and leadership in
matters of importance affecting the firm. Mr. Hibbard has always been a
Republican, and while he has not been an office seeker has realized the
responsibilities placed upon the successful men of any community, and has
served efficiently and conscientiously in the capacity of alderman, his record
in the city council being an active and honorable one. A close friend of
education he has done all in his power to advance its cause, and has served for
a long period as a member of the school board, of which he has been president
for seven years. His fraternal connections are with the Woodmen of the World
and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, in both of which he has
numerous friends. With his family he attends the Presbyterian church, to which
he gives his hearty support, both financial and as a member of the board of
April 3, 1884, Mr. Hibbard was united in marriage at Denison, Texas, with Miss
Alice Buckman, a daughter of Isaac Buckman. Mrs. Hibbard's father, an old-time
grain merchant, came from Illinois to Sherman, Texas, at an early day, and
later located in Denison, where his death occurred in 1894. To Mr. and Mrs.
Hibbard there has been born one daughter: Margaret Evelyn, who became the wife
of Jack Little, in the employ of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad, and
has one child, Margaret Alice, who is now four years old. Mr. and Mrs. Hibbard
reside in their comfortable modern home, a center of culture and refinement,
located at No. 629 Woodard Street, Denison.
* * *
Next Generation : Frederick
P. HibbardFrom Jim Sears, April 25, 2010
He was
born in Denison in the 1890s, but he left town for good at an early age.
He spent his entire career in the service of his country, and his job took him
to many foreign lands. He was written about in Time magazine, and his voice was
heard on radio around the world. Yes, I could be speaking of Dwight Eisenhower.
But those first three sentences also describe Frederick Pomeroy Hibbard, Jr.
Born in
Denison on July 25, 1894 to Frederick Pomeroy and Daisy Bacon Hibbard,
Frederick P. Hibbard Jr. attended Culver Military Academy in Indiana, took his
A. B. from the University of Texas, and did a year of postgraduate work at
Harvard. He served in the army from 1917 to 1919 before entering the U. S.
Foreign Service in 1920. His appointments included posts in Warsaw, London,
Mexico City, La Paz, Prague, Bucharest, and Monrovia.
was still in the Foreign Service when he died of an unknown illness in
1943. He was 49. His father died in 1903 at age 39 (when Fred Jr. was 9 years
old). Fred Sr. is buried in Fairview Cemetery in Denison.
You may
know something about the Hibbards, who were in the drug and grocery business in
early Denison. You may even be familiar with some of the facts that I have only
recently unearthed about Frederick, the Foreign Service diplomat. I will share
just three more tidbits that were of particular interest to me. The first is
the attached article from the June 24, 1935 issue of Time. It was written in
that saucy style for which the magazine has long been known, but which was
especially audacious in the years before Wolcott Gibbs' famous New Yorker
parody of it in 1936. My favorite example in this piece: "As Charge
d'Affaires Mr. Hibbard had spent long days in polite palaver with Liberian
kinkywigs, long nights swatting mosquitoes and tropical vermin." Coining
disparaging terms like "kinkywigs" would mean more serious trouble
for Time nowadays.
second item is an 1805 book once owned by Hibbard. It is now available for
$3,000, with his name still on the bookplate. You can read about it and see a
picture of it at http://www.abaa.org/books/248238706.html
last item is an audio clip that includes Hibbard speaking. It's from the Czech
Radio archives, and the occasion was the 200th anniversary in 1932 of the birth
of George Washington. The complete recording is just over five minutes long.
The first four minutes are of Czechoslovakia's first president, Tomas Masaryk,
speaking first in his native language and then in English. Hibbard comes in
during the last minute, after Masaryk has finished.
I know relatively
little about Denison history, but some of the things I have been reading
recently suggest to me that the junior high or high school might do well to
consider offering the subject as an elective. Perhaps one of you could teach
THE CABINET: Wound UnsaltedMonday, Jun. 24, 1935
In the only foreign capital named after a U. S. President—Monrovia
of Liberia— Frederick Pomeroy Hibbard, a white Texan who for 15 years has been
running diplomatic errands for the U. S. State Department, last week looked
into the face of a pale chocolate-colored, mustachioed little Negro and
addressed him as "Your Excellency." Liberia's President Edwin Barclay
visibly swelled with satisfaction. Legation Secretary Hibbard was informing him
that the U.S. was, after a five year break, granting diplomatic recognition to
Liberia. In Washington Secretary of State Hull also swelled with satisfaction:
he had shown that the U. S. was more potent than the League of Nations.
For several reasons a bad diplomatic situation in Liberia is
usually much worse than a bad situation anywhere else: 1) Political respect for
12,000,000 U. S. Negroes requires that the post of U. S. Minister to Liberia
shall be held by a Negro, and having a Negro Minister, though stoutly
backstopped by a white legation Secretary, does not simplify the art of
diplomacy. 2) When the Secretary of State wants to send an emissary to Liberia,
he is lucky if there is a ship sailing for the African West Coast within a
month, luckier still if the emissary reaches Monrovia in less than another
month. 3) When the emissary lands in a surf boat at Liberia's harborless
capital, he finds a dirty, ramshackle tropical town whose inhabitants consist
of about 100 whites, 10,000 blacks, and 1,000,000 rats, where a one-year tour
of duty is considered the equivalent of three years at Warsaw or Moscow. 4) The
emissary's job is to deal with a Government controlled by perhaps 20,000 purse-
proud Afro-Americans (who comprise most of the "landholders of Negro
blood," the only qualified voters according to the Liberian Constitution)
who for the last century have never succeeded in controlling the million or
more Afro-Africans who inhabit Liberia's 43,000 square miles of equatorial
jungle. 5) If everything does not go well in Liberia, it is just too bad for
the U. S. State Department which is held responsible by the world at large. For
Liberia was founded over a century ago as a colony for freed Negro slaves from
the U. S., has a Government with a President, a Senate, a House of
Representatives and all other U. S. fixings. U. S. honor cannot afford to let
the British from Sierra Leone or the French from the Ivory Coast step in and
clean up.
During the last five years conditions in Liberia have been salt in
the wounds of the State Department. The British objected that the rats in Monrovia
were so bad that bubonic plague was prevented from spreading through West
Africa only by the fact that it had no harbor in which ships could dock; that a
smallpox epidemic ravaged the interior; that the simplest health measures were
unknown and Liberia might become a focus of infection for all Africa. This the
U. S. State Department could believe. In 1929 U. S. Minister William Treyanne
Francis died there of yellow fever.
More serious was the charge that Liberian President Charles Dunbar
Burgess King, along with his Vice President and several Cabinet members, had
been profiting by having their "Frontier Guard'' raid villages of their
Afro-African countrymen, torture women and chiefs, seize black bucks and sell
them into slavery in French Gabun and Spanish Fernando Po. When a League of
Nations Commission verified the practice. President King and his followers, on
stern advice from Washington, resigned. Next Liberia, under President Edwin
Barclay, defaulted on its loan of $2,250,000 from Harvey Firestone. In 1925
when rubber was $1 per Ib. the State Department had encouraged Mr. Firestone to
start a huge rubber plantation in Liberia and lend the African Republic money
to pay off its European and other debts. Mr. Firestone planted 55,000 acres of
rubber trees, built 100 miles of road (five times as much as Liberia had ever
had before), hired thousands of natives at 25¢ a week, gave Liberia a brief
boom. Then with Depression the Liberian Congress seized the revenues set aside
to service the Firestone debt. The U. S. protested that this was contrary to
the Liberian Constitution. Proclamations were posted that any Liberian Supreme
Court Justice who held the Act unconstitutional would be assassinated.
Since the U. S. could not stop these occurrences, the League of
Nations tried. Liberia is a charter member of the League, for it had joined the
Allies one day during the War when a British warship anchored off Monrovia. The
League found that Liberia, besides having no health service, had no budget, no
accounts, no money, that its trouble was, as Lord Cecil put it, "the
incompetence of the Government and corruption—but rather more incompetence than
corruption." The League offered to send Liberia a Government adviser to
set things right. President Barclay proudly declined. The League threatened to
expel Liberia, then looked up its own constitution, found it had no authority
to do so.
Last September U. S. Diplomat Hibbard took one of the least
pleasant assignments in a career which had taken him from Poland to Peru. Only
difficulty he was spared was the presence of a U. S. Minister at Monrovia.
Charles E. Mitchell, the last to hold that post, had been retired because of
the prolonged lack of recognition of Liberia. As Charge d'Affaires. Mr. Hibbard
had spent long days in polite palaver with Liberian kinkywigs, long nights
swatting mosquitoes and tropical vermin. Finally he proposed a deal: Mr.
Firestone would cut interest on his Liberian loan from 7% to 5%; Liberia would
frown on the slave traffic, try to do some-thing about disease; Secretary Hull
would grant diplomatic recognition and send Liberia a minister; President
Barclay would accept a "foreign" (i. e. white) adviser.
President Barclay, sitting in his wicker rocking chair on the
second-story veranda of the Executive Mansion where he daily looks down on the
tall grass and tin cans in the square below, graciously accepted the offer. Mr.
Hibbard privately thanked God that his job was done, hoped he would be
relieved. In the U. S. hundreds of Negroes began to besiege Postmaster General
Farley's lieutenants with requests to be appointed U. S. Minister Resident
& Consul General to Liberia —at $10,000 per year. The State Department was
so happily excited over this settlement of "the Liberian crisis"
that, in the mimeographed announcement of its accomplishment, it carelessly
called the President of a friendly nation Edward instead of Edwin.
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Laurent Levy left the University at Buffalo in 1999 with a
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nanomedicine into real-world products for patients battling cancer.
Today, the scientist-turned-entrepreneur is zeroing in on that
Steven Kreit '90, audit partner at EisnerAmper LLP, has
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BUFFALO, N.Y. — Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez will speak at the 2014 commencement ceremony for the University at Buffalo's School of Public Health and Health Professions (SPHHP).
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Oh yeah, we signed somebody yesterdayBy
Though I have to wonder why. After he exercised his opt-out clause with the Red Sox, the Yanks picked up pitcher Runelvys Hernandez. Dude had some mildly impressive minor league numbers in his early 20s, but his milb.com profile makes that look a bit inaccurate. It has him at 29 years old, while The Baseball Cube has him at 26. I'm guessing the former is correct, which would mean he put up decent numbers in the low minors in his mid-20s.
I'm going to throw a brick through my bay window if he makes the MLB roster.
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Minor league roster filler would be my guess. With the callups and injuries at AAA, the Scranton roster is a little thin. Plus, could he be any better/worse than Matt DeSalvo as a spot starter?
Yes, he could be worse than DeSalvo. MUCH worse.
Not to mention the destruction he will serve to the buffet table after the games.


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Of course he can pick another woman other than Hillary.
Stop playing politics.
There are many women that are just as or more qualified for the spot.
Neither of your picks have snowballs chance in hell.
Oh, and second most likely is:
McCain/Mittens (Romney)
comment on a post PREDICTIONS VP Contest over 5 years ago
Obama will pick Wesley Clark since he has been vetted, is a Clinton supporter, hasn't been in Washington too long, and has way more real foreign policy experience than little John McBush can ever dream of having.
McCain will pick Tim Pawlenty from MN. He is young, very conservative, a governor, actually has decent environmental policy, and might be able to deliver Minnesota and some surrounding states to Old John.
comment on a post Here Are My Demands! (Updated) over 6 years ago
There was a very very similar diary to this one on either this site or KOS within the last month....
on a comment on Obama VP List over 6 years ago
comment on a post It's a Tie! (Popular Vote v. Pledged Delegates) over 6 years agoShow us your math.
You CLEARLY got the popular vote wrong.
Every news network said last night that Obama squeaked by with the popular vote.
I know what you did!
No votes for Obama in Michigan!
I think you are right. There was not a single person that voted for Obama there. All of those undecideds were closet Clinton supporters. You were bitching all year about counting Florida and Michigan, letting every voter count. And now you don't count every one?
You are a hypocrite and a liar. And for some reason you still think this race is going on. Its a shame.
comment on a post The Unity Express Derails in DC over 6 years ago
A quote from the blog: "Message to the RBC: See videotape of Harriet Christian from Manhattan, voter who was ejected from your meeting. That should give you a flavor of our reaction and a taste of what to expect in August, in Denver."
Did you seriously compare yourself and others in a GOOD WAY to that old racist hag?
I encourage everyone to watch the video, namely the first half.
She is clearly out of her mind, and clearly a racist.
Go ahead and associate yourself with that woman if you want, but I can't make any guarantee that I won't think a lot less of you.
comment on a post Et tu, Nevada? over 6 years ago
That poll is COMPLETE CRAP.
I am from Nevada.
In Nevada, there is no person in the Democratic Party, other than Harry Reid that is more despised than Hillary.
This just proves that polls are wrong.
Hillary would get annihilated in Nevada vs. McCain.
Extreme conservatives in Nevada would worship McCain over voting for Hillary. However, if Obama is at the top of the ticket many conservatives would stay home in Nevada instead of voting for McCain, giving Obama a good chance.
comment on a post 11-year-old gives $440 to Clinton campaign over 6 years ago
So I guess this kid's parents were probably McCain voters. I'm sure they had no influence on his decision whatsoever.
Oh, but he's too young to donate to a campaign. It had to have been in one of his parent's names.
This is ridiculous. Child indoctrination?
on a comment on Hillary's Path To Victory Starts in WV over 6 years ago
But the superdelegates are quickly moving to her side!!!
Obama only got four more than her today!
Great figures, thanks.
comment on a post Hillary's Path To Victory Starts in WV over 6 years ago
Nice...now show me the math how this is remotely possible.
Oh, thats right.
Obama is the nominee. Get over it.
comment on a post Why Did Obama LOSE Indiana? over 6 years ago
Why does it matter?
Barack Obama is now the nominee.
Get over it.
You can't say that its bad that he lost in a state that Clinton has been consistently ahead in. (Other than a completely unscientific poll two months ago conducted by MARK PENN!)
In fact, he came back and almost beat her. Even with Rush Limbaugh in the picture.
Get over it.
Support your nominee and lets get on with beating John McCain!
on a comment on Hillary Clinton Indiana Speech Thread over 6 years ago
That's because Rush Limbaugh wasn't telling his supporters to vote for Obama.
on a comment on Hillary Clinton Indiana Speech Thread over 6 years ago
and go to www.barackobama.com
Support your nominee.


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Athens —
ATHENS-Services for Joan Murphree, 76 of Scurry, formerly of Athens, are scheduled for 11 a.m., Monday, Dec. 31, 2012 in Carroll-Lehr Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Denny Mackey officiating.
Burial will follow in Oaklawn Memorial Park.
Joan died Dec. 27, 2012 in Dallas.
She was born May 5, 1936 in Athens to Martin Allison and Minnie Lillie Eaton Phillips, and lived in Athens, moving to Scurry in 1989, where she lived the past 23 years.
Joan was a loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She was a member of Spence Park Baptist Church in Dallas.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Jimmy Chancelor Murphree, in 1989.
Survivors include son Dale Murphree and wife Mary, Mesquite; daughter Sandra Huff and husband Kim, Scurry; brother Buddy Phillips, Athens; sisters Patty Erwin and husband Eddie, Athens, Dorothy Cravey and husband Gerald, Bernice Owens, Athens; grandchildren Anthony Murphree, Mesquite, April Murphree, Rockwall, Melinda England, Garland, Phillip Huff, Brad Huff, Chad Huff, all of Mesquite, eight great-grandchildren, numerous nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers will be Anthony Murphree, Arthur Wayne Huff, Phillip Huff, Kim Huff, Chad Huff, Brad Huff.
Visitation for family and friends will be 3 p.m. to 5 p.m., Sunday at the funeral home.
You may leave a message of condolence or light a memorial candle for the family at www.carroll-lehr.com


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or alternative routes of administration, ghetto style. ;)
Yes, this is a stupid and pointless post but I'm in the mood for stupid and pointless posts.
I wanted to give my mucous membranes a break, and methamphetamine hydrochloride is pretty versatile, so:
#1 Meth on a cigarette
Method: Rolled a Marlboro around a foil of meth.
Yeah, I can feel the buzz when I smoked this cigarette, but it seems
wasteful to me. It can't compare to smoking with a glass pipe though.
To my understanding, methamphetamine needs a low heat source to be
activated for inhalation purposes, so a fair bit is getting burnt and
you can't drag on a cigarette all the time (at least I'll be impressed
if you can). :) It's nice for a change, smoking while tweaking is very
fun and compulsive. I don't know why this phenomenon exists, and it
seems to be true only for existing smokers. I've heard that it's
because nicotine also triggers dopamine release, so the "reward
smoking" urge is so strong while tweaking. Personally, I can't stop
chain smoking while tweaking, and my "nicotine tolerance" is vastly
increased for some reason. I usually can't smoke more than 5 cigarettes
in a row, but while on meth, I can smoke as many as I want, it all
feels as good as the first one and there's no characteristic dizziness
or nausea that comes with high doses of nicotine. This is true for MDMA
as well, very strange trend that's not all that good for your lungs.
#2 "Chasing the meth" =D
Method: Pinch of meth on a foil, heat applied below and vapors inhaled
the smoke burnt my eyes, it was black and quite voluminous so I
couldn't get it all. The smoke "tasted" VERY unpleasant. There was a
distinct "sweet" (and not in a good way!) taste to the smoke and I have
this disturbing feeling that I just inhaled something really quite
carcinogenic! It made my (only!) straw smell like burnt plastic too. :(
As you can see, I'm using a truncated normal plastic straw now. I lost
all the Cones placeholder straws
[sixthseal.com], which are the perfect size and length for
insufflation. I miss those things, normal straws "retain" powder and
more effort is required to get the substance into an optimal position
for maximum absorbency. Not going to be repeating this, I don't know
what's being used to cut the meth, and I don't want to be inhaling just
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The nonsense I write while tweaking…
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Recognition of same-sex unions in Australia
Same-sex unions are treated as de facto unions under Australian federal law, though each Australian state and territory is entitled to create their own laws with respect to same-sex relationship registers and same-sex partnership schemes. Same-sex couples are prevented from marrying due to a ban on same-sex marriage contained within the federal Marriage Act (1961) amended in 2004 by the Howard Government.[1]
- 1 Same-sex unions under federal law
- 2 Same-sex unions under states' and territories' law
- 3 Constitutional and legal issues
- 4 Landmark marriage legislation
- 5 Public opinion
- 6 Recognition of unions involving transgender people
- 7 See also
- 8 References
Same-sex unions under federal law[edit]
Following the Australian Human Rights Commission's report Same-Sex: Same Entitlements[2] and an audit of Commonwealth legislation, in 2009 the Australian Government introduced several reforms designed to equalise treatment for same-sex couples and same-sex couple families. The reforms amended 85 Commonwealth laws to eliminate discrimination against same-sex couples and their children in a wide range of areas. The reforms came in the form of two pieces of legislation, the Same-Sex Relationships (Equal Treatment in Commonwealth Laws-General Law Reform) Act 2008 and the Same-Sex Relationships (Equal Treatment in Commonwealth Laws-Superannuation) Act 2008.[3] These laws amended several other existing Commonwealth Acts to equalise treatment for same-sex couples and any children such couples may be raising with respect to the following areas:
- Taxation
- Superannuation
- Health Insurance
- Social Security
- Aged care and child support
- Immigration
- Citizenship
- Veterans' Affairs
For instance, with relation to social security and general family law, same-sex couples were not previously recognised as a couple for social security or family assistance purposes. A person who had a same-sex de facto partner was treated as a single person. The reforms ensured that same-sex couples were (for the first time under Australian law) recognised as a couple akin to opposite-sex partners. Consequently, a same-sex couple receives the same rate of social security and family assistance payments as an opposite-sex couple.[3] Such reforms however, do not completely equalise treatment for same-sex couples, who for instance, do not have the same rights and entitlements as married heterosexual couples do with respect to workers' compensation death benefits, pensions for the partners of Defence Force veterans and access to carer's leave.[4] Despite large equality of rights, Australia does not have a national registered partnership, civil union or same-sex relationship scheme.
History of same-sex unions under federal law[edit]
In 2004, amendments to the Superannuation Industry Supervision Act to allow tax free payment of superannuation benefits to be made to the surviving partner on an interdependent relationships, included same sex couples, or a relationship where one person was financially dependent on another person.[5]
Prior to 2008, same-sex couples were only recognised by the federal government in very limited circumstances. For example, since the 1990s, same-sex foreign partners of Australian citizens have been able to receive residency permits in Australia known as "interdependency visas". Following a national inquiry into financial and work-related discrimination against same-sex relationships, on 21 June 2007, the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC) released its Same-Sex: Same Entitlements report. The Commission identified 58 Commonwealth law statutes and provisions that explicitly discriminate against same-gender couples by using the term 'member of the opposite sex'.[6][7]
The previous conservative Howard Government banned its departments from making submissions to the HREOC inquiry regarding financial discrimination experienced by same-sex couples.[8]
The report found that 100 statutes and provisions under federal law discriminated against same-sex couples by using the term 'member of the opposite sex', from Aged Care, Superannuation, Childcare, Medicare (including the PBS) through to Pensions. "All the basics that opposite-gender couples are legally entitled to and take for granted" [9] were things same-sex couples were effectively barred from utilising under the former system.
Same-sex marriage bills in federal parliament[edit]
There have been several attempts to legalise same-sex marriage nationwide via approval from both houses of the Federal Parliament. In August 2009, a same-sex marriage bill was introduced by the Australian Greens in the Senate.[10] The bill was reviewed by the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee.[11] The largest protests for same-sex marriage in the nation's history took place in eight cities on 1 August, with an estimated 8,000 people attending.[12] The Committee elected not to vote on the bill. On 25 February 2010, the Marriage Equality Bill 2009 was rejected in the Australian Senate by a vote of 45-5, with only the Greens voting in favour and many senators not in attendance.[13] The Greens announced their intention to reintroduce a bill to legalise same-sex marriage sometime after the 2010 federal election.[14]
In 2011, the federal Labor Party changed its party platform to be in support of legalising same-sex marriage whilst also allowing its parliamentary members a conscience vote on the issue.[15]
The Inquiry into the Marriage Equality Amendment Bill 2012 and the Marriage Amendment Bill 2012 involved an on-line survey, which received 276,437 responses, the largest response ever received by a Committee of the House of Representatives or Senate. 177,663 respondents were in favour of changing the law to recognise same-sex marriage, 98,164 were opposed to it and 610 were unsure.[16]
In February 2012 these two bills to allow same-sex marriage in Australia were introduced in Parliament. The bills were essentially identical, both lifting the existing federal ban on same-sex marriages while letting religious ministers refuse to solemnise ceremonies inconsistent with their beliefs. On 19 September 2012, the lower house House of Representatives voted against passing its same-sex marriage bill by a margin of 98-42 votes.[17] On 21 September 2012, the upper house Senate joined its counterpart in voting down same-sex marriage legislation, by a vote of 41-26.[18] In both instances, the Liberal/National Coalition honoured its 2010 election promise to vote as a bloc against any same-sex marriage legislation.
In June 2013 a proposal by then Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to hold an Australian referendum on same-sex marriage was rejected.[19]
Since winning Government at the 2013 election, the Coalition recently stated it could alter its position to be in favour of a conscience vote; with the matter to be decided in the Coalition party room when same-sex marriage legislation next comes before the parliament.[20][21] In December 2013, Deputy Labor Opposition Leader Tanya Plibersek announced she would introduce a private member's bill in parliament, seeking the assistance and co-sponsorship of Coalition Government Minister Malcolm Turnbull and a conscience vote among all parliamentarians.[22] In February 2014, Mr Turnbull stated to News Corporation sources that a Coalition conscience vote on same-sex marriage legislation (if it comes before parliament) was "likely" and that the arguments against marriage reform "are not very persuasive".[23]
The current Prime Minister, Tony Abbott has traditionally opposed same-sex marriage.[24]
Same-sex unions under states' and territories' law[edit]
Same-sex marriage[edit]
States' and territories' have long had the ability to create laws with respect to relationships and the like. Since the Commonwealth introduced the Marriage Act Cth. 1961, marriage laws in Australia have been regarded as an exclusive Commonwealth power. The precise rights of states and territories with respect to creating state-based same-sex marriage laws have been complicated since the Howard Government amendment to the Marriage Act in 2004 to define marriage as the "exclusive union of one man and one woman, to the exclusion of all others."[25] In their December 2013 ruling striking down the ACT's same-sex marriage law, the High Court effectively determined that all laws with respect to marriage were an exclusive power of the Commonwealth and that no state or territory law legalising same-sex marriage or creating any type of marriage could operate concurrently with the federal Marriage Act; "the kind of marriage provided for by the [Marriage] Act is the only kind of marriage that may be formed or recognised in Australia".[26] As a result, the only possible method for same-sex marriage legalisation to occur in Australia is via legislation passed into law by the Federal Parliament only.
Prior to that ruling, reports released by the New South Wales Parliamentary Committee on Social Issues and the Tasmanian Law Reform Institute have found that ...[a state parliament] has the power to legislate on the topic of marriage, including same-sex marriage. However, if New South Wales chooses to exercise that power and enact a law for same-sex marriage, the law could be subject to challenge in the High Court of Australia[27] and that ...[no current arguments] present an absolute impediment to achieving state-based or Commonwealth marriage equality.[28] With respect to territories', the ACT Government sought legal advice which suggested that its bill seeking to legalise same-sex marriage could run concurrently with the federal Government's statutory ban on same-sex marriage.[29] Alternate legal advice suggests state and territory-based same-sex marriage laws are invalid. The current Abbott Government's acting Solicitor-General has advised federal Attorney-General George Brandis that the ACT's same-sex marriage law is inconsistent with the federal Government's laws[30] whilst other sources have rated the ACT's law as 'doubtful' or impossible to pass judicial scrutiny.[31][32] On 12 December 2013, the High Court of Australia struck down the ACT's marriage law.
Aside from the Australian Capital Territory, Tasmania is the only sub-national jurisdiction to have passed same-sex marriage legislation in a chamber of its legislature. The state lower house passed same-sex marriage legislation by 13-11 votes in September 2012, though the state upper house subsequently voted against this legislation a few weeks later by a vote of 8-6.[33][34]
Existing state and territory same-sex union schemes[edit]
Civil unions[edit]
Currently, only the Australian Capital Territory provides same-sex couples with the right to access a civil union. Under the federal laws, these unions are treated as de facto unions. In August 2012, the ACT's Civil Union Bill passed after legal advice demonstrated that the Federal government had removed its ability to legislate for territorial and state same-sex marriage after it defined marriage as only between man and woman in the Marriage Amendment Act 2004. The Civil Union Act 2012 grants many of the same rights to same-sex couples as people married under the Marriage Act.[35] The Act was not challenged by the Gillard federal Government. The Act was to be repealed and civil unions were to be no longer accessible to same-sex couples upon commencement of the Marriage Equality (Same Sex) Act 2013, which (if not struck down by the High Court) would have permanently legalised same-sex marriage in the Territory.[36] Due to the High Court's ruling striking down the ACT's same-sex marriage law as invalid, the repeal of the Civil Unions Act 2012 is of no effect and civil unions can again take place in the ACT.[37]
State registries and domestic partnerships[edit]
Same-sex couples have access to domestic partnership registries in New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria and Queensland. Same-sex couples do not share that right in South Australia, though such couples are referred to in state legislation as 'domestic partners' and may make a written agreement called a Domestic Partnership Agreement about their living arrangements, so as to be recognised by the state as domestic partners.
In New South Wales, on 4 June 2008, the New South Wales Parliament passed the Miscellaneous Acts Amendment (Same Sex Relationships) Bill 2008[38] which recognises co-mothers as legal parents of children born through donor insemination, provides birth certificates allowing two mothers to be recognised, creates amendments to 57 pieces of state legislation to ensure de facto couples, including same-sex couples, are treated equally with married couples, and creates amendments to the New South Wales Anti-Discrimination Act to ensure same-sex couples are protected from discrimination on the basis of their "marital or domestic status" in employment, accommodation and access to other goods and services.[39] The Relationships Register Bill 2010 was introduced to the NSW Legislative Assembly on 23 April 2010, to provide conclusive proof of the existence of the relationship, thereby gaining all of the rights afforded to de facto couples under state and federal law. The bill was approved by the NSW Legislative Assembly on a 62–9 vote on 11 May 2010, and then by the NSW Legislative Council (upper house) on a 32–5 vote on 12 May. It was signed into law by the governor and entered into force on 1 July 2010.[40][41]
In November 2013 a bill was introduced into the NSW Upper House to legalise same-sex marriage. The bill was defeated.[42][43]
In Victoria, in August 2001, the Statute Law Amendment (Relationships) Act 2001 and the Statute Law Further Amendment (Relationships) Act 2001 amended 60 Acts in Victoria to give same-sex couples, called domestic partners, some rights equal to those enjoyed by de facto couples, including hospital access, medical decision making, superannuation, inheritance rights, property tax, landlord/tenancy rights, mental health treatment, and victims of crime procedures.[44][45][46] Local city registries have since been superseded by the state's Domestic Partnership Register which was enacted in December 2008.[47] Both city registers remain active.
In Queensland, in December 2002, the states' Discrimination Law Amendment Act 2002 created a new, non-discriminatory definition of "de facto partner", affecting 42 pieces of legislation.[48] This gave same-sex couples the same rights as de facto couples in most instances.
On 25 October 2011, Queensland Deputy Premier, Andrew Fraser, introduced the Civil Partnerships bill 2011 into the Queensland Legislative Assembly. The bill passed the Legislative Assembly on 30 November by a vote of 47 to 40, with those against including 4 from the Australian Labor Party.[49] The Civil Partnerships Act 2011 allows for same-sex couples who are Queensland residents to enter into a civil partnership. Shortly after the change of government in the 2012 state elections, the LNP passed the "Civil Partnerships and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2012".[50] The new bill changed the name from "civil union" to "registered relationship" and prohibited the state from offering ceremonies for those who do register their relationship in this manner.
In South Australia, since 1 June 2007, 97 sections of legislation took effect which provide superannuation entitlements under four superannuation Acts, as well as rights concerning property ownership, inheritance, financial affairs, hospital access and other entitlements under South Australian law. The legislation does not include three areas of South Australian laws such as adoption and access to IVF and altrustic surrogacy.
This Family Relationships Act 1975 states that "Any two people who live together and present themselves as a couple will be covered by the legislation, regardless of whether or not their relationship is sexual". These Acts included 'domestic partner' in 97 separate Acts called the Statutes Amendment (Domestic Partners) Act 2006 (No 43)[51] and the Statutes Amendment (Equal Superannuation Entitlements for Same Sex Couples) Act 2003 (No 13)[52][53][54][55][56][57]
The Statutes Amendment (Domestic Partners) Act 2006 (Number 43), which took effect 1 June 2007, amended 97 Acts, dispensing with the term "de facto" and categorising couples as "domestic partners". This meant same-sex couples and any two people who live together are now covered by the same laws. Same-sex couples may make a written agreement called a Domestic Partnership Agreement about their living arrangements. This may be prepared at any time and is legal from the time it is made, but must meet other requirements, such as joint commitments, before being recognised as domestic partners.[58][59][60][61][62][63][64]
In 2009 the Commonwealth Powers (De Facto Relationships) Act 2009 to allow the referrals of a de facto partners property and superannuation to the Commonwealth as family law under the Family Law Act 1975 (just as all other states had done previously) was assented to on 10.12.2009 - effective from 1.7.2010.[65]
In February 2012 a bill was tabled in the South Australian Legislative Council to legalise same-sex marriage.[66] In July 2013 a same-sex marriage bill was introduced into the South Australian House of Assembly. The bill was defeated.[67][68]
In Tasmania, beginning 1 January 2004, the states' Relationships Act 2003 allowed same-sex couples to register their union as a type of domestic partnership in two distinct categories, Significant Relationships and Caring Relationships, with the state's Registry of Births, Death and Marriages. The new definition of partner or spouse, "two people in a relationship whether or not it's sexual", was embedded into 80 pieces of legislation, giving same-sex couples rights in making decisions about a partner's health, provides for guardianship when a partner is incapacitated, and gives same-sex couples equal access to a partner's public sector pensions. It also allows one member of a same-sex couple to adopt the biological child of their partner.[69][70] In September 2010, the Tasmanian parliament unanimously passed the legislation to recognise same-sex marriages performed in other jurisdictions as registered partnerships under the Relationships Act 2003, making it the first Australian state or territory to do so.[71]
In August 2012, a bill was introduced into the Tasmanian Parliament to legalise same-sex marriage. The bill was defeated.[72][73] In October 2013 a bill was re-introduced into the Tasmanian Upper House to legalise same-sex marriage. The bill was defeated.[74]
States and territories with no official partnerships scheme[edit]
Same-sex de facto couples in all states and territories have much the same rights as opposite-sex de facto couples. However, the inability of same-sex couples to have conclusive evidence of their relationships in Western Australia, the Northern Territory and Norfolk Island can make it difficult for them to access rights accorded to them under the law. The following list discusses states and territories without registered partnerships for same-sex couples: However, section 118 of The Australian Constitution (The Full Faith and Credit Section) would, in fact, mean that persons registered under the laws of States and Territories with Civil Partnership or Civil Union laws would be able to enforce their rights in juristications without specific enactments.
In Norfolk Island in 2005 the local government created the De Facto Relationships Act 2005, providing for domestic partnerships beginning in 2006.[75] The legislation defines the criteria for a court to determine the eligibility of couples to be recognised as de facto couples, and requires an application to the Supreme Court. Circumstances of the relationship, which includes duration of the relationship, financial aspects, and shared responsibilities, are taken into account.
In the Northern Territory, in March 2004, the territory Government enacted the Law Reform (Gender, Sexuality and De Facto Relationships) Act 2003 to remove legislative discrimination against same sex couples in most areas of territory law and recognise same-sex unions as de facto unions. The Act removed distinctions based on a person's gender, sexuality or de facto relationship in approximately 50 Acts and Regulations. As in NSW and the ACT, reform has also included enabling the lesbian partner of a woman to be recognised as the parent of her partner's child across State law.[76]
In Western Australia, the Acts Amendment (Lesbian and Gay Law Reform) Act 2002 removed all remaining legislative discrimination toward sexual orientation by adding the new definition of "de facto partner" into 62 Acts, provisions and statutes and created new family law designed to recognise same-sex unions as de facto unions.[77]
Constitutional and legal issues[edit]
Referral of power and recognition of married and de facto relationships[edit]
There is an important difference in the source of power of The Commonwealth to legislate over married and de facto relationships. Marriage and 'matrimonial causes' are supported by sections 51(xxi) and (xxii) of the Constitution. The legal status of marriage is also internationally recognised whereas the power to legislate for de facto's and their financial matters relies on referrals by states to the Commonwealth in accordance with Section 51(xxxvii) of the Australian Constitution, where it states the law shall extend only to states by whose Parliaments the matter is referred, or which afterward adopt the law.
Legal status consequences outside of Australia[edit]
Thus, same sex or heterosexual, unmarried and also married couples living in The Netherlands, Germany, Belgium and France for example, have the right to choose their own legal status and respective rights and obligations easily, such as to have no community or to have community of property, as an active opt in system at time of first living together. This is in contrast to the Australian de facto and married regimes where all property is in the pool, unless a couple actively opt out with a binding financial contract drawn up by lawyers and they also have to be resident in Australia to do that.
Landmark marriage legislation[edit]
Marriage Amendment Act 2004[edit]
On 27 May 2004 the then federal Attorney-General Philip Ruddock introduced the Marriage Amendment Bill 2004,[78] intending to incorporate the common law definition of marriage into the Marriage Act 1961 and the Family Law Act.[79] In June 2004, the bill passed the House of Representatives and the Senate passed the amendment by 38 votes to 6 on 13 August 2004. The bill subsequently received royal assent, becoming the Marriage Amendment Act 2004.
The amendment specifies the following:
Marriage means the union of a man and a woman to the exclusion of all others, voluntarily entered into for life.
Certain unions are not marriages. A union solemnised in a foreign country between: (a) a man and another man; or (b) a woman and another woman; must not be recognised as a marriage in Australia.[80]
Under section 46 of the Marriage Act, a celebrant or minister is required to say these words, or words to this effect, in every marriage ceremony.[81]
Attorney-General Ruddock and other Liberals argued that the bill was necessary to protect the institution of marriage, by ensuring that the common law definition was put beyond legal challenge.[82]
The Labor shadow Attorney-General Nicola Roxon on the same day the amendment was proposed said that the Labor Opposition would not oppose the amendment, arguing that it did not affect the legal situation of same-sex relationships, merely putting into statute law what was already common law. The Family First senator supported the bill. The bill was also supported by the Nationals.
Despite having support of the major parties the bill was contested by sections of the community, human rights groups and some minor political parties. The Australian Greens opposed the bill, calling it the "Marriage Discrimination Act". The Australian Democrats also opposed the bill. Democrat Senator Andrew Bartlett stated that the legislation devalues his marriage, and Greens Senator Bob Brown referred to John Howard and the legislation as "hateful".[83][84] Brown was asked to retract his statements, but refused. Bob Brown also quoted as Australia having a "straight Australia policy".
Not all of Labor was in support of the bill. During the bill's second reading, Anthony Albanese, Labor MP for Grayndler said, "what has caused offence is why the government has rushed in this legislation in what is possibly the last fortnight of parliamentary sittings. This bill is a result of 30 bigoted backbenchers who want to press buttons out there in the community."[85]
Marriage Equality (Same Sex) Act 2013[edit]
On 13 September 2013, the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Government made the announcement that it will put forward a bill that will legalise same-sex marriage, following a decade-long attempt to legislate in the area.[86] "We've been pretty clear on this issue for some time now and there's overwhelming community support for this," Chief Minister Katy Gallagher said. "We would prefer to see the federal parliament legislate for a nationally consistent scheme, but in the absence of this we will act for the people of the ACT. The Marriage Equality Bill 2013 will enable couples who are not able to marry under the Commonwealth Marriage Act 1961 to enter into marriage in the ACT. It will provide for solemnisation, eligibility, dissolution and annulment, regulatory requirements and notice of intention in relation to same-sex marriages."[87] On 10 October 2013, federal Attorney-General George Brandis confirmed that the Commonwealth Government will challenge the proposed ACT bill, stating that the Coalition Government has significant constitutional concerns with respect to the ACT bill.[88] The bill was debated in the ACT Legislative Assembly on 22 October 2013, and passed by 9 votes to 8.[89][90]
Under the legislation, same-sex marriages are legally allowed from 7 December 2013.[91][92][93]
However, the High Court ruled that the legal change was never valid and an official reversal of the bill was announced on 12 December 2013. The court found that s51(xxi) of the Constitution grants the Commonwealth Parliament the power to legislate with regard to marriage, and the federal definition of marriage overrides any state or territory definition under s109. The court did find, however, that "marriage" for the purposes of s51(xxi) includes same-sex marriage, thus clarifying that there is no constitutional impediment to the Commonwealth legislating for same-sex marriage in the future.[94][95]
Public opinion[edit]
A June 2004 poll conducted by Newspoll showed that 38% of respondents supported same-sex marriage, with 44% opposed and 18% undecided.[96][97]
In June 2007, a Galaxy poll conducted for advocacy group GetUp! measured the opinions of 1,100 Australians aged 16 and over[98] and found that 57% of respondents supported same-sex marriage, 37% were opposed and 6% were unsure. The poll also found that 71% of respondents supported same-sex couples having the same legal entitlements as opposite-sex de facto couples.[99]
A June 2009 poll conducted by Galaxy Research and commissioned by the Australian Marriage Equality group measured the opinions of 1,100 Australians aged 16 and over and found that 60% of respondents supported the recognition of same-sex marriage, with 36% opposed and 4% undecided.[100] Among Greens voters 82% supported same-sex marriage, whilst 74% of those aged 16–24 supported same-sex marriage. Those aged 50 or above were the only age bracket to oppose same-sex marriage recognition, at a 55% disapproval rate.[100]
An October 2010 poll conducted by Galaxy Research and commissioned by Australian Marriage Equality measured the opinions of 1,050 Australians aged 18 and over and found that 62% of respondents supported the recognition of same-sex marriage, with 33% opposed and 5% undecided.[101] The poll found 78% of respondents supported a conscience vote on the recognition of same-sex marriage, with 16% opposed and 6% undecided. Support was highest amongst those respondents aged 18–24 (84%), and who lived in South Australia (83%). The majority of respondents from each state and each age bracket were in support.[101]
A March 2011 poll conducted by Essential Media found that support for same-sex marriage had fallen below 50% and opposition was up by 4%. [101]
A July 2011 poll of 543 people conducted by Roy Morgan Research measured the support for a number of positions on marriage and found that 68% of Australians support same-sex marriage and 78% classified marriage as a 'necessary' institution, with only 22% stating it was a 'unneseccary' institution.[101]
A November 2011 Galaxy Research poll of over 1000 voters found that 80% agreed that Tony Abbott should allow the Liberal/National Coalition a conscience vote on same-same marriage legislation as the Australian Labor Party do. Support for a conscience vote among Coalition supporters reached an all-time high of 76%[102]
In a February 2012 online poll of 1506 Australian adult members on the Nine Rewards website by Angus Reid Public Opinion found that 49% of respondents said same-sex couples should be allowed to legally marry, 31% said they should be allowed to enter into civil unions but not marry and 14% opposed any legal recognition.[103] No attempt was made to make the survey representative of the entire population, and the Nine Rewards website is associated with the Nine Network, an Australian television channel popular with older and more conservative viewers.
From February–April 2012 the House of Representatives conducted an online survey to provide a simple means for the public to voice their views on same-sex marriage and the two bills in the parliament which sought to legalise it, the Marriage Equality Amendment Bill 2012 and the Marriage Amendment Bill 2012.[104] The survey closed on 20 April, having received approximately 276,000 responses, including about 213,500 comments.[105] Of these responses, 64.3% supported same-sex marriage, or approximately 177,600 of the respondents. The report acknowledged that "The online survey was not a statistically valid, random poll. Respondents were self-selected, in that they chose to participate if they wished." [106]
A May 2013 Ipsos poll found that 54% of respondents were in favour of same-sex marriage and another 20% supported another form of recognition for same-sex couples.[107] Results from the August 2013 Vote Compass survey of Australian voters found that 52% of respondents supported same-sex marriage, 12% were neutral, and 36% believed that marriage "should only be between a man and a woman".[108]
An August 2013 poll conducted by Fairfax Media and Nielson Polling found that 65% of respondents supported legalising marriage between same-sex couples, up 8 points since December 2011, while only 28% were opposed (down 7 points). Support was greater among women (75%) than men (55%) and greater among younger voters than older voters.[109] 57% of respondents said that same-sex marriage was 'not important at all' in deciding how they would vote in the coming election. [24] Even for those supporting same-sex marriage 49% said that the issue was "not important at all" in deciding their vote.[109]
Federal parliamentarians who publicly support same-sex marriage[edit]
House of Representatives[edit]
The Australian House of Representatives contains 150 seats. On 19 September 2012, a bill introduced by Labor MP Stephen Jones aimed at legalising same-sex marriage was defeated 42 to 98 votes. Labor MPs were allowed a conscience vote while Liberal Party Leader Tony Abbott did not allow a free vote for Liberal Party MPs.[110] However, Liberal frontbencher Kevin Andrews said that, "(We) counted the numbers ... The reality is it would not have made much difference whatsoever to the numbers. There would have been half a dozen people... who would have voted the other way.[111]
MPs who voted to legalise same-sex marriage in September 2012:[110]
|Anthony Albanese[110]
|Adam Bandt[110]
|Sharon Bird[110]
|Gai Brodtmann[110]
|Mark Butler[110]
|Port Adelaide
|Nick Champion[110]
|Darren Cheeseman[110]
|Jason Clare[110]
|Julie Collins[110]
|Greg Combet[110]
|Simon Crean[110]
|Mark Dreyfus[110]
|Justine Elliot[110]
|Kate Ellis[110]
|Peter Garrett[110]
|Kingsford Smith
|Steve Georganas[110]
|Steve Gibbons[110]
|Gary Gray[110]
|Sharon Grierson[110]
|Alan Griffin[110]
|Jill Hall[110]
|Harry Jenkins[110]
|Stephen Jones[110]
|Mike Kelly[110]
|Catherine King[110]
|Kirsten Livermore[110]
|Jenny Macklin[110]
|Richard Marles[110]
|Rob Oakeshott[110]
|Melissa Parke[110]
|Graham Perrett[110]
|Tanya Plibersek[110]
|Amanda Rishworth[110]
|Nicola Roxon[110]
|Janelle Saffin[110]
|Bill Shorten[110]
|Sid Sidebottom[110]
|Stephen Smith[110]
|Laura Smyth[110]
|La Trobe
|Warren Snowdon[110]
|Craig Thomson[110]
|Andrew Wilkie[110]
The following Representatives have made statements of support for same-sex marriage but voted against legalisation or did not vote:[110]
|Laurie Ferguson[112]
|Teresa Gambaro[113]
|Andrew Leigh[114]
|Kelly O'Dwyer[115]
|Kevin Rudd[116]
|Malcolm Turnbull[117]
|Michael Danby[118]
|Melbourne Ports
|Wyatt Roy[119]
|Liberal National
The Australian Senate contains 76 seats. Senators who voted to legalise same-sex marriage in September 2012:[120]
|Carol Brown[120]
|Doug Cameron[120]
|Kim Carr[120]
|Trish Crossin[120]
|Richard Di Natale[120]
|Chris Evans[120]
|John Faulkner[120]
|Sarah Hanson-Young[120]
|Scott Ludlam[120]
|Kate Lundy[120]
|Gavin Marshall[120]
|Anne McEwen[120]
|Jan McLucas[120]
|Christine Milne[120]
|Claire Moore[120]
|Louise Pratt[120]
|Lee Rhiannon[120]
|Rachel Siewert[120]
|Matt Thistlethwaite[120]
|Lin Thorp[120]
|Anne Urquhart[120]
|Larissa Waters[120]
|Peter Whish-Wilson[120]
|Penny Wong[120]
|Penny Wright[120]
|Nick Xenophon[120]
The following Senators have made statements of support for same-sex marriage but voted against legalisation or did not vote:[110]
|Bob Carr[121]
|David Feeney[122]
|Lisa Singh[123]
|Simon Birmingham[124]
|Sue Boyce[125]
Recognition of unions involving transgender people[edit]
In October 2007, the Administrative Appeals Tribunal overturned a decision by the Foreign Affairs Department refusing to issue a transgender woman a passport listing her as female because she is married to a woman. The tribunal ordered that she be issued a passport listing her as female, in accordance with her other official documents, thereby recognising the existence of a marriage between two persons who are legally recognised as female.[126]
Marriage equality advocates have noted that where same-sex marriage legislation is unclear on the rights of transgender or intersex people, they have asked to ensure that any such legislation delivers marriage equality for all Australians.[127]
See also[edit]
LGBT rights in Australian states and territories:
- LGBT rights in the Australian Capital Territory
- LGBT rights in New South Wales
- LGBT rights in the Northern Territory
- LGBT rights in Queensland
- LGBT rights in South Australia
- LGBT rights in Tasmania
- LGBT rights in Victoria
- LGBT rights in Western Australia
- ^ Marriage Amendment Act Cth. 2004
- ^ Official report: Same-sex same entitlements
- ^ a b Attorney General's website: same-sex law reform
- ^ NSW bill is about marriage just not equality
- ^ Australian Parliament website
- ^ HREOC Same-sex same entitlements Report
- ^ Human Rights and Equal Opportunity (HREOC Australia) report, Same-sex Entitlements Discussion Paper II (2006)
- ^ "How well does Australian democracy serve sexual and gender minorities?", Democratic audit of Australia, ANU School of Social Science report No. 9, 2003 p. 19 [1]
- ^ Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission: Same-Sex: Same Entitlements Report
- ^ Rees told listen and legalise gay marriage
- ^ Inquiry into the Marriage Equality Amendment Bill 2009
- ^ 8000 Come Out For Gay Marriage
- ^ Senate votes down same-sex marriage bill
- ^ Senate rejects gay marriage bill
- ^ Labor decides on conscience vote for gay marriage
- ^ "Inquiry into the Marriage Equality Amendment Bill 2012 and the Marriage Amendment Bill 2012". House Standing Committee on Social Policy and Legal Affairs. Retrieved 28 August 2012.
- ^ Lower House votes down same-sex marriage bill
- ^ Australian Senate votes down same-sex marriage bill
- ^ Hall, Ashley (28 June 2013). "Kevin Rudd's gay marriage referendum offer dismissed by advocates'". ABC. Retrieved 12 May 2014.
- ^ Turnbull signals coalition support for conscience vote on gay marriage
- ^ Coalition could consider free vote on gay marriage
- ^ Tanya Plibersek seeks Malcolm Turnbull's help on gay marriage bid (The Age)
- ^ Malcolm Turnbull says a conscience vote on gay marriage is "likely"
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- ^ Marriage Amendment Act 2004
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- ^ Media release report clears way for NSW same-sex marriage law
- ^ Tas. Law Reform Institute report on same-sex marriage at a state and federal level
- ^ Same-sex marriage laws won't be amended by ACT Government
- ^ High Court challenge to gay marriage
- ^ ABC Fact Checker: ACT's gay marriage law
- ^ How the ACT gay marriage law is designed to fail
- ^ Gay marriage passes in Tasmania lower house
- ^ Gay marriage fails in Tasmania upper house
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- ^ "Civil Unions". ACT Government: Justice and Community Safety Division. 25 February 2014. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
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- ^ "Parenting reforms welcomed". SX News. 11 June 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-11.
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- ^ Statute Law Further Amendment (Relationships) Act 2001
- ^ Same sex relationships, Victorian Equal Opportunity & Human Rights Commission
- ^ Relationships Act 2008
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- ^ South Australian Legislation
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- ^ Gay News From 365Gay.com
- ^ GayWired.com - Southern Australia Approves Domestic Partners Legislation; Gay Rights Advocates Celebrate
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- ^ "Statutes Amendment (Domestic Partners) Act 2006". Government of South Australian Attorney-General's Department. Retrieved 2007-09-03.
- ^ "Southern Australia Approves Domestic Partners Legislation; Gay Rights Advocates Celebrate". GayWired.com. Retrieved 2008-05-01.
- ^ "Southern Australia Approves Domestic Partners Legislation; Gay Rights Advocates Celebrate". gaywired.com. Retrieved 2007-09-03.
- ^ "Votes on Homosexual Issues". South Australia, Australia, House of Assembly. Archived from the original on 2007-06-07. Retrieved 2007-09-03.
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- ^ Commonwealth Powers (De Facto Relationships) Act 2009
- ^ Dunkin, Alex (14 November 2012). "ACL enters SA marriage debate". Gay News Network. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
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- ^ "Tasmania's Upper House votes down gay marriage". ABC. 28 September 2012. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
- ^ Smiley, Stephen (26 November 2013). "Tasmanian Upper House MPs reject bid to revive debate on same-sex marriage". ABC. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
- ^ Norfolk Island Homepage (see De Facto Relationships Act 2005)
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- ^ Marriage Amendment Bill 2004
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- ^ "Coalition, Labor pass same-sex marriage ban". ABC News Online. 13 August 2004.
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- ^ Peter Jean (25 November 2013). "Commonwealth 'doesn't prohibit' gay marriage, ACT argues". The Age. Retrieved 15 December 2013.
- ^ "Hundreds rally in support of gay marriage". 7 News. 23 November 2013. Retrieved 15 December 2013.
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- ^ Same-sex marriage debate
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For tonight's LiveBlog we have a special treat – the Duke Blue Devils themselves are gracing the court of the Value City Arena to take on our #2 ranked Buckeyes.
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Welcome to our Tournament First Round LiveBlog! The Buckeyes take on the Roadrunners of UTSA in this 16/1 matchup! Jay has written up a fantastic preview of this game, which you can find here.
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Welcome to your LiveBlog for OSU's matchup with the Michigan Wolverines! The game is being played in ancient Crisler Arena, which is always a rough crowd for Buckeyes. Tonight's game might be a little beyond that as new Michigan Football Coach Brady Hoke will likely be introduced at halftime. Should make for great viewing!
Game starts at 6:30 PM Eastern Time on the Big Ten Network. LiveBlog kicks off 30 minutes prior as usual.
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Gratuity for a tattoo or piercing can't really be determined by the percentage rating most use for tipping a restaurant server. Even ten percent of a $200.00 tattoo would be a very substantial amount just to give as a tip. A tip, instead of a percentage, should be based on (1)how much you can afford and (2)how much you feel it is worth. A $5.00 tip would certainly be accepted more graciously than nothing at all.
- "To tip an artist...shows that you thought the artwork you just received was well worth what I charged and you were happy enough to add a little. It's not requested and it's not required...The words, 'That's kick ass!' mean alot more to me than any tip." - Biscuit, Firehouse Tattoo
It should be noted, though, that it is not necessary, expected or required for you to tip at all. Professionals in this field realize that most people have been saving for quite some time just to get a tattoo or piercing and might not have anything left afterward. What means more to them than a cash tip? Appreciation! When you look at the finished product, thank the artist. Tell them it looks great! Let them know you are happy with the work they did. (Only if this is true, of course!) Tattoo and piercing artists put their heart and soul into what they do - it can be very disappointing to them when a customer looks at it and says, "Eh. It's Okay". If you're really happy with a job well done, let them know it.
Sometimes, a tip doesn't even have to be monetary. If you know your artist well, you can even give them some kind of gift you think they would enjoy. Again, it all comes down to showing appreciation for the work you received. Artists have been given a wide variety of "tips" from t-shirts to sculpture. If you have a specialty in some field yourself, such as car repair, you can even offer a discount or free service of some kind.
Use your imagination - a tip doesn't have to cost you anything at all. If you're really happy with the service you have received, referring your friends to your artist and giving them repeat business can be the best tip of all. Some customers will display the studio's bumper stickers on their cars or hand out their business cards.
- "I think one of the best tips that people can give a shop or an artist that they really like is repeat business or recommending them to friends, family, etc. I have given no completely unusual tip other than [the fact that] I am an avid baker, so I always bring cookies or other goodies when I get pierced or tattooed." - Lilly Blossom, Enthusiast
To sum it all up, you don't have to tip but it is greatly appreciated. You don't have to give a monetary gratuity - a handshake, a "thank you" and your referrals can be worth much more than money. If you want to give cash and you can afford it, your artist certainly won't turn it away. Any way you show your artist you really appreciate the work they did will be a great tip.


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I'm talking about the Terminator and Conan movies.
Earlier this week Scharzenegger revealed that plans were moving forward with Terminator 5 and it was going to be distributed through Paramount Studios.
"I'm very happy that the studios want me to be in Terminator 5 and to star AS the Terminator, when we start shooting in January".
The question here is. Does this mean that Arnold will be the only Terminator in the movie or will there be other Terminators. If it is indeed the former then it may well be an attempt to mirror the success of the very first movie, which played out as more of a science fiction chase movie with an element of horror. In that it was the simple plot that worked best for it. It would also make Schwarzenegger the villain of the piece, which isn't necessarily a bad thing.
In addition to all of this Terminator chat Schwarzenegger has also updated on two other sequels. King Conan, which is a direct sequel to the first Conan movie he did in 1980 and Triplets, which is the sequel to the very successful comedy that he did with Danny Devito.
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Dumont Museum will host its annual Train Days on Dec. 8-9.
See the amazing gigantic Lionel Train Layout in operation from 1-4 p.m. each day. Bring your entire family and friends to see the 25-by-30-foot layout with its 6-foot mountain, nine trains and dozens of accessories and animated scenes operating at one time. This is one of the largest detailed train layouts in the area.
This train layout has been designed, built and is engineered by Lyle Dumont. Watching the trains in operation with hundreds of flashing lights, whistles and moving displays always brings a large smile and look of amazement and disbelief to the faces of all ages as they watch the nine trains going in and around the mountain and winding tracks. Also on display a lighted Christmas ceramic village in operation as well as other animated Christmas items. The village and train layout are located in the lobby of the museum and there is no charge for viewing this train layout, but a freewill offering is accepted for the nonprofit organization.
There is a reduced price for those wishing to see the rest of the museum with all the items on display as well as the new 90-by-40-foot train layout still under construction. Approximately 12 trains with lots of special accessories and animated scenes will be in operation on this new layout.
The museum is located three miles south of Sigourney on Highway 149 and 1/8 mile west. For more information, call 641-622-2592.


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COLUMBIA CITY -- The Big GŌĆÖs 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament deadline for registration is TODAY.
Download the registration form here: http://whitleyedc.com/media-center/news/?id=1667
The event will take place Saturday on the courthouse square from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Following the tournament there will be live entertainment featuring Lake Effect, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Stick around after the hoops for a rockinŌĆÖ good time.
COLUMBIA CITY (July 16, 2014) -- Did you or someone you know compete in the Whitley County 4-H Fair's Pig Wrestling Contest last night? Look for photos and results in today's issue of The Post & Mail.
WHITLEY COUNTY (July 16, 2014) -- Cool conditions are in store for the area again today. High temperatures will barely make it into the 70s.
Much like yesterday clouds are expected for much of the afternoon and an isolated shower is not out of the question.
Temperatures gradually warm up over the next several days and will be back into the 80s for the weekend. Early next week we will see upper 80s.
Today: Partly sunny with increasing afternoon clouds and an isolated shower possible.
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COLUMBIA CITY ŌĆö Crowds filled the stands at the Large Show Arena to witness the awarding of several fair categories for the Whitley County 4-H Fair Sunday. More than a hundred 4-HersŌĆÖ names were called to receive a medallion as part of the Parade of Champions.
4-Hers participated in the Dairy Feeder Calf Show Saturday at the Whitley County 4-H Fair. Reserve Grand Champion Bred, Born, and Raised Dairy Beef Feeder Steer was awarded to Morgan Reimer.
Melvin Mullins, an artist from Columbia City, made an appearance Sunday at the Whitley County 4-H Fair. With a laid back atmosphere, a varied music selection and a deep singing voice, MullinŌĆÖs concert evoked a need to dance.
ŌĆó7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. ŌĆö Swine Barrow Show - Large Show Arena
ŌĆó10 a.m. ŌĆö Horse & Pony Junior & Senior English - Horse Arena
ŌĆó10 a.m. to 9 p.m. ŌĆö Adult Open Class on display - 4-H Center
ŌĆó10 a.m. to 9 p.m. ŌĆö Mini projects on display - Shelterhouse
ŌĆó10 a.m. to 9 p.m. ŌĆö 4-H exhibits on display - 4-H Center
ŌĆó1 to 5 p.m. ŌĆö Master Gardeners Programs - Ag Museum
ŌĆó2 p.m. ŌĆö Pets judged - Small Show Arena
ŌĆó4 to 6 p.m. ŌĆö Livestock judging - Large Show Arena
ŌĆó5 to 9 p.m. ŌĆö Commercial exhibits on display - Commercial Building
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The Indiana State Police and the Noble County Sheriff Department are asking for the publicŌĆÖs assistance in identifying two men, believed to be a father-son duo who have been soliciting their paving services and in doing so, allegedly bilked an elderly couple out of thousands of dollars.
COLUMBIA CITY ŌĆö 4-H participants turned into models during the Whitley County 4-H FairŌĆÖs Fashion Revue Sunday. The event highlighted several sewing, formal wear and consumer clothing divisions.