Senate debates TAX LAWS AMENDMENT (2006 MEASURES; No. 1) Bill 2006

In Committee


Helen Coonan

Helen Coonan NSW, Liberal Party, Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts

9:51 pm

Thank you, Senator Brown. My statement to the chamber was that the law already defines who is a spouse, de facto or otherwise, and whether that includes same-sex partners is a matter of interpretation of existing law. So in those circumstances we consider that the issue of same-sex partners is covered by the definitions.

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