On 8 February 2012, the Senate referred the Marriage Equality Amendment Bill 2010 for inquiry and report.  Submissons closed on 2 April 2012 and the committee is no longer  accepting submissions.

The committee tabled its report for the inquiry on 25 June 2012.  The report is available  at the following link:  https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Legal_and_Constitutional_Affairs/Completed%20inquiries/2010-13/marriageequality2012/report/index. Printed copies of the report are not  available for distribution.
  
Please note that the tabling of the report will mark the completion of the committee's task to inquire into and report on the bill, and the committee secretariat will not respond to any comments made about the report. Individual senators can be contacted through the following link: https://www.aph.gov.au/Senators_and_Members/Guidelines_for_Contacting_Senators_and_Members.

The Senate will have the committee's report to take into account when considering the bill. The bill will be debated in the Senate in due course and will be voted on by all senators.