Prime Minister Tony Abbott claims marriage, or marriage-like relationships, have always been between a man and a woman

Federal Attorney-General George Brandis has asked the ACT Government not to give effect to its new laws until their constitutional validity is determined by the High Court.

Servile marriage involves a person being sold, transferred or inherited into marriage. New offences in the Criminal Code 1995 recently passed by Parliament are designed to protect adults as well as children who are forced into marriage by either the person they are marrying, or another person such as a parent. These offences apply to...

This article updates trends in couple dissolution that formed the basis of an article that was published in the second edition of Family Relationships Quarterly, and includes additional information concerning the duration of marriages and differences in rates of relationship dissolution for marriages and cohabiting unions.

The Australian Government is considering possible reforms to ensure there are appropriate measures in place to address the practices of forced and servile marriage that occur within Australia, or that affect Australian citizens and residents overseas. The practices of forced and servile marriage are an abuse of human rights. A failure to prevent, address and...