Eric Abetz (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs, upon notice, on 22 June 2012:

How many Certificates of No Impediment have been issued to same-sex couples seeking to marry overseas, detailed per month since their introduction.

Bob Carr (NSW, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The answer to the honourable senator’s question is as follows:

Following the Attorney-General’s media release on 27 January 2012, between 1 February and 13 July 2012 a total of 35 Certificates of No Impediment have been issued to Australians seeking to enter into a same-sex marriage overseas.

It is not possible at this stage to provide data broken down on a monthly basis.