Senate debates Questions on Notice
Same-Sex Relationships (Question No. 1894)
Eric Abetz Tasmania, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations
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
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.