Same Sex Marriage Is FINALLY Legal In Australia!!!!!
Nov 17, 2017 6:59:57 GMT
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For those of you that didn't hear the awesome our postal plebiscite for Same Sex Marriage came back with a 'Yes' vote on Wednesday and while we will still have to wait a few weeks before we have the rights to get married and FINALLY have our marriages are acknowledged here in Australia the Prime Minister is promising it by the end of the year. This has been one of the happiest weeks of my life and soon I will be officially recognised here as a married woman and my Wifey and I will be getting married again!! This is a wonderful week for us and all same sex couples across Australia after being treated as second class citizens for way too long. 
Australia says yes to same sex marriage
www.skynews.com.au/news/top-stories/2017/11/15/wait-over-for-same-sex-marriage-survey-result.html
Same-sex marriage 'yes' vote: Billion-dollar boom predicted as pink dollar unleashed
www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/samesex-marriage-yes-vote-billiondollar-boom-predicted-as-pink-dollar-unleashed-20171113-gzkkft.html
Australia says yes to same sex marriage
Politicians are jostling for pole position on driving the same-sex marriage debate forward as supporters of the 'yes' campaign celebrate their resounding win.
Liberal Senator Dean Smith's Marriage Amendment Bill 2017 was introduced on Wednesday afternoon and debate will begin on Thursday.
Malcolm Turnbull sprung up minutes after the results were announced on Wednesday that 61.6 per cent of eligible Australians voted in favour of marriage equality.
Feeling vindicated by the 79.5 per cent response rate to his voluntary poll, the prime minister urged federal parliamentarians to legalise same-sex marriage before Christmas.
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'I say to all Australians, whatever your views on this issue may be, we must respect the voice of the people,' he told reporters in Canberra.
'We asked them for their opinion and they have given it to us. It is unequivocal, it is overwhelming.'
Bill Shorten popped up moments later to celebrate the 'fabulous' result, having opposed the postal survey from the start.
'You shouldn't have had to put up with this survey, but you embraced it,' the opposition leader told a marriage equality rally in Melbourne.
'Today we celebrate, tomorrow we legislate.'
A majority 'yes' vote was recorded in 133 of the 150 federal electorates across the country, as well as each state and territory.
Attorney General George Brandis proposed a further amendment to the Dean Smith's bill to 'extend the right of contentious objection' from ministers of religion, to include civil marriage celebrants.
'That is not the government's position but my own private view,' he said on Wednesday.
Liberal senator James Paterson pulled his amendment bill on Wednesday saying the the parliament must now quickly pass a bill to legalise same sex marriage.
'It is clear the majority of senators believe my colleague Senator Dean Smith's Bill is where we should start,' he wrote on Facebook.
Greens Leader Richard Di Natale is among those throwing their weight behind the legislation.
'At a time when this parliament is perhaps at its lowest ebb, what we have seen through this process is the parliament at its best,' Senator Di Natale said.
'This is a resounding result and we are so proud to be standing here today with such an emphatic result that says yes to love and yes to equality.'
The prime minister said Dean Smith's bill could 'serve the purpose as being the first draft', while Finance Minister Mathias Cormann said it was 'a good starting point' in need of changes to boost religious protections.
Senator Di Natale is among those warning the legislation must not be used as a Trojan Horse to entrench discrimination.
Liberal Senator Dean Smith's Marriage Amendment Bill 2017 was introduced on Wednesday afternoon and debate will begin on Thursday.
Malcolm Turnbull sprung up minutes after the results were announced on Wednesday that 61.6 per cent of eligible Australians voted in favour of marriage equality.
Feeling vindicated by the 79.5 per cent response rate to his voluntary poll, the prime minister urged federal parliamentarians to legalise same-sex marriage before Christmas.
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'I say to all Australians, whatever your views on this issue may be, we must respect the voice of the people,' he told reporters in Canberra.
'We asked them for their opinion and they have given it to us. It is unequivocal, it is overwhelming.'
Bill Shorten popped up moments later to celebrate the 'fabulous' result, having opposed the postal survey from the start.
'You shouldn't have had to put up with this survey, but you embraced it,' the opposition leader told a marriage equality rally in Melbourne.
'Today we celebrate, tomorrow we legislate.'
A majority 'yes' vote was recorded in 133 of the 150 federal electorates across the country, as well as each state and territory.
Attorney General George Brandis proposed a further amendment to the Dean Smith's bill to 'extend the right of contentious objection' from ministers of religion, to include civil marriage celebrants.
'That is not the government's position but my own private view,' he said on Wednesday.
Liberal senator James Paterson pulled his amendment bill on Wednesday saying the the parliament must now quickly pass a bill to legalise same sex marriage.
'It is clear the majority of senators believe my colleague Senator Dean Smith's Bill is where we should start,' he wrote on Facebook.
Greens Leader Richard Di Natale is among those throwing their weight behind the legislation.
'At a time when this parliament is perhaps at its lowest ebb, what we have seen through this process is the parliament at its best,' Senator Di Natale said.
'This is a resounding result and we are so proud to be standing here today with such an emphatic result that says yes to love and yes to equality.'
The prime minister said Dean Smith's bill could 'serve the purpose as being the first draft', while Finance Minister Mathias Cormann said it was 'a good starting point' in need of changes to boost religious protections.
Senator Di Natale is among those warning the legislation must not be used as a Trojan Horse to entrench discrimination.
www.skynews.com.au/news/top-stories/2017/11/15/wait-over-for-same-sex-marriage-survey-result.html
Same-sex marriage 'yes' vote: Billion-dollar boom predicted as pink dollar unleashed
Florists, photographers and wedding celebrants are among the army of small businesses set to enjoy a billion-dollar plus boost when tens of thousands of same sex couples are finally allowed to walk down the aisle.
According to ANZ senior economist Cherelle Murphy, the economic benefits of marriage equality related to weddings alone would be $650 million in the first 12 months.
We spoke to supporters of same-sex marriage at the announcement of the marriage survey results to see how they felt about the win for the YES campaign.
That is a conservative estimate, assuming only half the gay couples who want to wed manage to do so within 12 months.
According to the 2016 Census, there were nearly 47,000 same-sex couples living together in Australia.
This is how your electorate voted in the same-sex marriage survey
Same-sex marriage postal survey: 'Love has had a landslide victory' as 'yes' wins
A 2010 study by the University of Queensland found half of such couples would choose to marry, if possible.
That gives a total marrying pool of around 24,000 gay couples. Assuming an average wedding spend of $54,000, that yields total spending of $1.3 billion.
This would deliver a huge boost to Australia's $6.3 billion wedding industry, Ms Murphy predicts.
"The wedding spend by same-sex couples could be higher than the existing average, given their family incomes are on average higher than opposite-sex couples," she said.
"I would definitely get more business," says florist Emily Smith, pictured with stylist Ruben Stewart.
Florist Emily Michele Smith, the owner of Boutierre Girls, is among those expecting a pick up in business if same-sex marriage is legalised.
"Most of the weddings are held overseas at the moment, like in New Zealand," Ms Smith said. "If they were held here in Australia I would definitely get more business."
A billion-dollar boom has been predicted, after "yes" campaigners celebrated victory in the same-sex marriage survey.
Smith, whose wedding packages start from $5000 in Sydney and $8000 in Melbourne, says she has already decorated three gay civil ceremonies, and does not expect much difference between gay and straight wedding styles.
"One of them I didn't even know it was a gay wedding. They're no different to anyone else getting married."
However lesbian weddings could come with a double boost. "Sometimes the girls would like a bouquet each and I've seen some girls walking down the aisle together."
The head of the Tourism and Transport Forum, Margy Osmond, is predicting an added boost if thousands of foreign couples choose Australia as the scene for their dream destination wedding.
"The Australian tourism sector is champing at the bit to unlock the pink dollar potential of same-sex weddings," Ms Osmond said.
"In places such as tropical north Queensland, where the tourism industry has been recently hit hard by natural disaster and the slowing of the resources industry, the pink dollar could be somewhat of an economic saviour."
Ms Osmond pointed out that wedding spending was not just limited to brides and grooms, but also included money spent by wedding guests.
"The wedding economy casts a huge net, with the average wedding seeing a pretty significant amount of cash being spent on not just things such as catering, honeymoons and accommodation, but also on things such as tours and eating out."
In addition to wedding dollars, ANZ predicts the legalisation of same-sex marriage would also bring other indirect economic benefits, potentially boosting productivity through lower levels of stress and mental health problems if gay couples feel more accepted by society.
The chief executive of the Business Council of Australia, Jennifer Westacott, who has been in a same-sex relationship for 30 years, on Wednesday issued a personal statement welcoming the "yes" vote.
"Marriage equality has always been about respect and acceptance; the resounding 'yes' vote today is a victory for all those who have felt like outsiders for so long."
According to ANZ senior economist Cherelle Murphy, the economic benefits of marriage equality related to weddings alone would be $650 million in the first 12 months.
We spoke to supporters of same-sex marriage at the announcement of the marriage survey results to see how they felt about the win for the YES campaign.
That is a conservative estimate, assuming only half the gay couples who want to wed manage to do so within 12 months.
According to the 2016 Census, there were nearly 47,000 same-sex couples living together in Australia.
This is how your electorate voted in the same-sex marriage survey
Same-sex marriage postal survey: 'Love has had a landslide victory' as 'yes' wins
A 2010 study by the University of Queensland found half of such couples would choose to marry, if possible.
That gives a total marrying pool of around 24,000 gay couples. Assuming an average wedding spend of $54,000, that yields total spending of $1.3 billion.
This would deliver a huge boost to Australia's $6.3 billion wedding industry, Ms Murphy predicts.
"The wedding spend by same-sex couples could be higher than the existing average, given their family incomes are on average higher than opposite-sex couples," she said.
"I would definitely get more business," says florist Emily Smith, pictured with stylist Ruben Stewart.
Florist Emily Michele Smith, the owner of Boutierre Girls, is among those expecting a pick up in business if same-sex marriage is legalised.
"Most of the weddings are held overseas at the moment, like in New Zealand," Ms Smith said. "If they were held here in Australia I would definitely get more business."
A billion-dollar boom has been predicted, after "yes" campaigners celebrated victory in the same-sex marriage survey.
Smith, whose wedding packages start from $5000 in Sydney and $8000 in Melbourne, says she has already decorated three gay civil ceremonies, and does not expect much difference between gay and straight wedding styles.
"One of them I didn't even know it was a gay wedding. They're no different to anyone else getting married."
However lesbian weddings could come with a double boost. "Sometimes the girls would like a bouquet each and I've seen some girls walking down the aisle together."
The head of the Tourism and Transport Forum, Margy Osmond, is predicting an added boost if thousands of foreign couples choose Australia as the scene for their dream destination wedding.
"The Australian tourism sector is champing at the bit to unlock the pink dollar potential of same-sex weddings," Ms Osmond said.
"In places such as tropical north Queensland, where the tourism industry has been recently hit hard by natural disaster and the slowing of the resources industry, the pink dollar could be somewhat of an economic saviour."
Ms Osmond pointed out that wedding spending was not just limited to brides and grooms, but also included money spent by wedding guests.
"The wedding economy casts a huge net, with the average wedding seeing a pretty significant amount of cash being spent on not just things such as catering, honeymoons and accommodation, but also on things such as tours and eating out."
In addition to wedding dollars, ANZ predicts the legalisation of same-sex marriage would also bring other indirect economic benefits, potentially boosting productivity through lower levels of stress and mental health problems if gay couples feel more accepted by society.
The chief executive of the Business Council of Australia, Jennifer Westacott, who has been in a same-sex relationship for 30 years, on Wednesday issued a personal statement welcoming the "yes" vote.
"Marriage equality has always been about respect and acceptance; the resounding 'yes' vote today is a victory for all those who have felt like outsiders for so long."
www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/samesex-marriage-yes-vote-billiondollar-boom-predicted-as-pink-dollar-unleashed-20171113-gzkkft.html
that's how I've always seen it.
We are just waiting for the politicians to give us an official date for when it will be legalised now and then we will hopefully getting married sometime in the first few months of 2018. We have a lot to plan and the wonderful thing about this wedding is it will be in Australia and we will be able to have all our family and friends there. 
