Chapter 1 - Introduction

[1]        Journals of the Senate, No. 38, 30 March 2017, p. 1244.

[2]        Selection of Bills Committee, Report No. 4 of 2017, March 2017, p. 1 and Appendix 2.

[3]        Senate Scrutiny of Bills Committee, Scrutiny Digest No 4, March 2017, pp. 6–10.

[4]        Explanatory Memorandum, p. 4. See also p. 2.

[5]        Explanatory Memorandum, p. 2.

[6]        Explanatory Memorandum, p. 2.

[7]        Explanatory Memorandum, p. 4

[8]        Explanatory Memorandum, p. 4.

[9]        The committee's website can be found at www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/ Committees/Senate/Legal_and_Constitutional_Affairs

Chapter 2 - Issues raised

[1]        Explanatory Memorandum, p. 2.

[2]        Explanatory Memorandum, p. 17.

[3]        Explanatory Memorandum, p. 2.

[4]        Explanatory Memorandum, p. 5.

[5]        Explanatory Memorandum, p. 2.

[6]        The Hon Chief Justice Diana Bryant, Submission 2, p. 1; Law Council of Australia, Submission 3¸ p. 6.

[7]        Submission 2, p. 1.

[8]        Submission 2, p. 1.

[9]        Submission 5, p. 8.

[10]      Submission 3¸ p. 6.

[11]      Submission 3¸ p. 6. Note that the bill's proposed amendments to the FLA are discussed below.

[12]      Submission 5, p. 8.

[13]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 2.

[14]      Domicile Act 1982, section 3(1).

[15]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 32.

[16]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 32.

[17]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 4.

[18]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 33.

[19]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 33.

[20]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 4.

[21]      Senate Hansard, 22 March 2017, p. 1859.

[22]      Senate Hansard, 22 March 2017, p. 1859.

[23]      Senate Scrutiny of Bills Committee, Scrutiny Digest No 4, March 2017, p. 6.

[24]      Senate Scrutiny of Bills Committee, Scrutiny Digest No 4, March 2017, p. 6.

[25]      Senate Scrutiny of Bills Committee, Scrutiny Digest No 4, March 2017, p. 6.

[26]      Item 45 of the bill. See Explanatory Memorandum, pp. 49–50.

[27]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 50. See also this committee's report Family Law Amendment (Financial Agreements and Other Measures) Bill 2015, February 2016, pp. 26–27.

[28]      Submission 1, p. 8.

[29]      Submission 1, p. 8.

[30]      Submission 1, pp. 8–9.

[31]      Namely: duress; sudden or extraordinary emergency; self-defence; lawful authority; and mistake of fact.

[32]      Submission 5, p. 3.

[33]      Namely: fleeing from violence; protecting the child from danger of imminent harm; reasonable excuse; and consent.

[34]      Submission 5, p. 3.

[35]      Submission 5, p. 3.

[36]      Submission 5, p. 3.

[37]      Submission 5, pp. 3–4.

[38]      Submission 5, p. 4.

[39]      Submission 5, p. 5.

[40]      Submission 5, p. 5.

[41]      Senate Scrutiny of Bills Committee, Scrutiny Digest No 4, March 2017, p. 8.

[42]      Senate Scrutiny of Bills Committee, Scrutiny Digest No 4, March 2017, p. 8.

[43]      Senate Scrutiny of Bills Committee, Scrutiny Digest No 4, March 2017, p. 9.

[44]      Submission 1, p. 13.

[45]      Submission 5, pp. 5–6.

[46]      Submission 5, p. 5.

[47]      Submission 5, p. 5.

[48]      Submission 5, p. 5.

[49]      Submission 5, p. 5.

[50]      Submission 5, p. 5.

[51]      Submission 5, p. 6.

[52]      Submission 5, p. 6.

[53]      Submission 5, pp. 5–6.

[54]      Submission 3, p. 7.

[55]      Submission 5, p. 9.

[56]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 4.

[57]      Senate Hansard, 22 March 2017, p. 1858.

[58]      Senate Scrutiny of Bills Committee, Scrutiny Digest No 4, March 2017, pp. 9–10.

[59]      Submission 3, pp. 7–8.

[60]      Submission 3, p. 8.

[61]      Submission 5, p. 8.

[62]      Submission 3, p. 8.

[63]      Submission 3, p. 10.

[64]      Submission 3, p. 10.

[65]      Submission 5, p. 9.

[66]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 6.

[67]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 6.

[68]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 4.

[69]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 65.

[70]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 66. Note that the Explanatory Memorandum notes that the bill is not intended to operate retrospectively, and so the  reference to 'mentally incapable' has not been removed in subparagraph 23(1)(d)(iii) as it applies only in respect to marriages solemnised between 20 June 1977 and 7 April 1986.

[71]      Submission 1, p. 14. The guidelines are available at www.ag.gov.au/FamiliesAndMarriage/
Marriage/Documents/Guidelines%20on%20the%20Marriage%20Act%201961%20for%20Marriage%20Celebrants.pdf (accessed 3 May 2017).

[72]      Submission 5, p. 6.

[73]      Submission 4, p. 1 and p. 11.

[74]      Submission 5, p. 9.

[75]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 4.

[76]      Senate Hansard, 22 March 2017, p. 1858.

[77]      See Australian Human Rights Commission, Submission 1, p. 16; and Law Council of Australia, Submission 3, p. 10.

[78]      Submission 1, p. 16.

[79]      Submission 5, p. 8.

[80]      Submission 3, p. 10.