Senate debates

Wednesday, 12 November 2008

Same-Sex Relationships (Equal Treatment in Commonwealth Laws — Superannuation) Bill 2008

In Committee

6:24 pm

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

Thank you, Minister, for the response. I think it is unfortunate that, despite how important this legislation is in ensuring that we go some way to ensuring that same-sex couples are given the same entitlements as opposite-sex couples in de facto relationships, we cannot guarantee this for people who have their superannuation tied up in private funds. I remind the Senate that that is almost 90 per cent of the Australian population.

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