Submissions and additional information received by the committee
Submissions received
1 Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia
2 FamilyVoice Australia
3 Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG)
4 Rationalist Society of Australia Inc.
5 Transgender Victoria
6 Council of Progressive Rabbis and the Union for Progressive Judaism
7 Wilberforce Foundation
8 Organisation Intersex International (OII) Australia
9 Brisbane Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Intersex and Queer Action Group
(BLAG)
10 Apostolic Church Australia
11 The Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Australia
12 Australian Christians
13 Name Withheld
14 Endeavour Forum Inc.
15 Australian Council of Hindu Clergy
16 Family Council of Victoria
17 Assembly of Confessing Congregations
18 Anglican Church Diocese of Sydney
19 ACT Government
20 Victorian Trades Hall Council
21 Australian Zen Studies Institute
22 Liberty Victoria
23 Civil Liberties Australia Inc.
24 The Parish Church of St James
25 Australian Catholic Bishops Conference
26 Metropolitan Community Churches in Australia
27 Council of Churches NSW
28 Knights of the Southern Cross (WA) Inc
29 Women's Health Tasmania
30 Parliament of NSW Working Group on Marriage Equality
31 Federation of the Australian Buddhist Councils (FABC)
32 Equal Opportunity Tasmania
33 New South Wales Nurses and Midwives’ Association
34 Victorian Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby
35 Synodical Interim Committee (SIC) of the Christian Reformed Churches of
Australia (CRCA)
36 Anti-Discrimination Board of NSW, NSW Department of Justice
37 L J Goody Bioethics Centre
38 Presbyterian Church of Australia
39 Rainbow Labor NSW
40 LGBTI Legal Service
41 Australian Catholics for Equality
42 Coalition of Celebrant Associations (CoCA) Inc.
43 PFLAG NSW Inc.
44 Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby NSW
45 Equal Voices
46 Amnesty International
47 Australian Federation Of Civil Celebrants Inc. (AFCC)
48 (Adjunct) Professor Neville Rochow SC
49 Confidential
50 Dr Muriel Porter
51 Australian Lawyers for Human Rights
52 Dr Luke Beck
53 Associate Professor Neil Foster
54 Dr Augusto Zimmermann
55 Confidential
56 Confidential
57 Mr Mark Fowler
58 Archbishop Philip Wilson DD JCL
59 Just.Equal
60 Rainbow Rights WA
61 Christian Faith and Freedom
62 Institute for Civil Society
63 Castan Centre for Human Rights Law
64 Uniting Church LGBTIQ Network Australia
65 Rainbow Families Victoria
66 Australians for Equality & Australian Marriage Equality
67 Human Rights Law Alliance and Australian Christian Lobby
68 Marriage Alliance
69 PFLAG Perth
70 Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission
71 Rainbow Catholics Interagency for Ministry
72 Australian Human Rights Commission
73 Australian Marriage Forum
74 Law Council of Australia
75 Freedom for Faith
76 Professor Patrick Parkinson
77 Human Rights Law Centre
78 Attorney General’s Department
79 National Alliance of Christian Leaders
80 Beazley Boorman Lawyers
81 Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity Ltd
82 Name Withheld
83 Tasmanian Gay and Lesbian Right Group
84 Name Withheld
85 Seventh-day Adventist Church in Australia
86 Science Party
87 The Australian Liberal Students' Federation
88 Mr Patrick Byrne, National Civic Council
89 National LGBTI Health Alliance
90 Name Withheld
91 University of Queensland Union
92 For Life Australia
93 Hon. Mark Dreyfus QC & Ms Terri Butler MP
94 Publinq
95 GLBTIQ Interfaith & Intercultural Network
96 National Marriage Coalition
97 Diocese of the Armenian Church of Australia & NZ
98 The Australian Psychological Society Limited
99
Doctors for the Family
100 Anglican
Schools Corporation
101 Rev.
Dr Margaret Mayman, Pitt Street Uniting Church
102 Northern
Territory Anti-Discrimination Commission
103 Social
Justice Commission of the Presbyterian Church of Tasmania
104 Paddington
Uniting Church
105 Australian
Family Coalition
106 Name
Withheld
107 Hon.
Greg Donnelly MLC, Parliament of New South Wales
108 National
Association of Community Legal Centres (NACLC)
109 Barwon
Community Legal Service
110 Mr
Alastair Lawrie
111 Sydney
Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras
112 Ambassadors
& Bridge Builders International (ABBI)
113 Diversity
Council Australia
114 Canberra
Declaration
115 Catholic
Womens League NSW - Warialda Branch
116 Victorian
AIDS Council
117 National
Sikh Council of Australia Inc
118 Australasian
Confederation of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapies
119 Austral-Asian
Values Community
120 Hon.
Lynn MacLaren MLC
121 Ms
Rona Goold
122 Rev.
Dr Richard Treloar
123 ACON
Health
124 Anti-Discrimination
Commission Queensland
125 Australian
Family Association
126 Darwin
Community Legal Service
127 Rosh
Pinah
128 Rabbinic
Council of Australia and New Zealand
129 Australian
& New Zealand College of Notaries
130 Ms
Annastacia Palaszczuk MP, Premier of Queensland
131 Rabbinical
Council of NSW
132 City
of Sydney
133 Rabbinical
Council of Australia and New Zealand (RCANZ) & Rabbinical Council of
Victoria (RCV)
134 Australian
Association of Christian Schools
135 Rev
Andrew Sempell, Rector of St James (Church) Sydney
136 Catholic
Women's League Australia
137 Church
and Nation Committee, Presbyterian Church of Victoria
138 A/Prof
Socrates Dokos
139 Name
Withheld
140 Dr
Steven Kane-ToddHall
141 NT
Government
142 International
College of Celebrancy Alumni and Friends Association (ICCA)
143 Rainbow
Families
144 City
Builders Church
145 Care
for Children's Development
146 Australian
TFP
147 Anthony
Gordon
148 Rhonda
Stevenson
149 Donna
Harrison
150 Name
Withheld
151 Ian
Tait
152 Prof
Nicholas Aroney & Dr Joel Harrison
153 Name
Withheld
154 David
Strickland
155 Elisabeth
Karen Bos
156 Leighton
& Diana Thew
157 Frank
& Janice Hoskin
158 David
Elliott
159 Jon
& Susan Kirk
160 Erinle
Adeleye
161 James
T Dominguez
162 Geoff
Allshorn
163 Jynene
Helland
164 Ray
Barbero
165 Heidi
Field
166 Conrad
Lloyd-Smith
167 Dr
Ross & Elizabeth Hindmarsh
168 Dane
Johnson
169 Pastor
Jeremy Wong
170 Paul
Nardone
171 Andy
Quan
172 Ian
& Lyn Sarah
173 Name
Withheld
174 Maree
Triffett
175 Naomi
Spencer
176 John
Szilard
177 Angelique
Tester
178 Karen
Goderie
179 Lorraine
Schroeder
180 Robert
Parry
181 Colin
Morrow
182 Andrew
Copp
183 Merlene
& Peter O'Malley
184 Karen
Daldy
185 Fr.
Abram Abdelmalek
186 Bronwen
Whitley
187 Kate
Harper
188 Kinivuai
Tavui
189 Siu
Au
190 Dr
Paul Faigl
191 Reverend
Christian Fandrich
192 Mr
Alan Tyson
193 Fr
Jeremy Krieg
194 Elliott
Claven
195 Brendan
Barry
196 Name
Withheld
197 Mark
Rabich
198 Sally
Rugg
199 Peter
Murray
200 John
Dunkley
201 Jamie
Gardiner
202 Raymond
Roca
203 The
Jetmar Family
204 Bill
Muehlenberg
205 Talitha
Fraser
206 Michael
Kirkwood
207 Arianne
Tassios
208 Paul
Hegerty
209 R
Hainsworth & S Koschade
210 Carol
Ann Norris
211 Elizabeth
Shaw
212 Premier
and Cabinet, Victoria State Government
213 Jonathan
& Renee Dillon
214 Joseph
Dunning
215 Bernard
Drum
216 Geoff
Grace
217 Dr
Becky Batagol
218 Geoff
Rogers
219 Shelley
Reaney
220 Peter
Abetz
221 Ms
Yvonne Patterson
222 Peter
Walker
223 Emanuel
Synagogue
224 Julie
Burns
225 Name
Withheld
226 Mrs
Vashti Wood
227 Brett
Dunstan
228 Rev
Ken Devereux
229 Mr
Paul McCormack
230 Paul
& Anne Jones
231 Miss
Polly Seidler
232 Rev
Adam Hensley
233 Miss
Micaela Hoglund
234 Eric
Lockett
235 Michael
Byrne
236 Name
Withheld
237 Mr
Brian Greig
238 Robert
Andrews
239 Jane
Munro
240 Amanda
Alford
241 Mr
John Kingsmill
242 Name
Withheld
243 Lydia
Kerekes
244 Alan
Britten-Jones
245 John
Herrmann
246 Mrs
Jan White
247 Mr
Patrick Grogan
248 Gloria
Power
249 Gerard
Cozynsen
250 Wayne
Ostler
251 Ian
McLure
252 Roland
Crook
253 Jereth
Kok and Rachel Lotherington
254 Ken
Francis
255 Name
Withheld
256 Name
Withheld
257 Jenny
Stephens
258 David
Newton
259 Geoffrey
White
260 Benjamin
Fellowes
261 Paul
Keighery
262 Susan
Pickering
263 Peter
Milford
264 Anthony
Leverenz
265 Anne
Homer
266 Pat
Cox
267 Alex
Aguilera
268 Ron
and Mavis Pirola
269 Lisa
Brick
270 Greg
Smith
271 Ghassan
Kassisieh
272 Margo
Northey
273 Jennifer
Burns
274 Andrew
Deeming
275 Andrew
Chua
276 Walter
Lee
277 Name
Withheld
278 Rodney
Longmire
279 Alex
Huggett
280 Name
Withheld
281 Peter
Dixon
282 Name
Withheld
283 John
Kennedy
284 Name
Withheld
285 Name
Withheld
286 Rodney
Croome
287 Debbie
Smith
288 Name
Withheld
289 Karmel
Everett
290 Anthony
Truman
291 Name
Withheld
292 Michael
and Maree Parker
293 Madge
and Tom Fahy
294 Anne
Everett
295 Sharyn
Kemp
296 Mr
Lliam Caulfield
297 Brett
Gibson
298 Name
Withheld
299 Bryan
Grey
300 Irene
Shanks
301 Name
Withheld
302 Bronte
Koop
303 Alan
Howard
304 Name
Withheld
305 Nadia
Warren
306 The
Very Rev'd Dr Peter Catt
307 Peter
Phillips
308 James
Beckwith
309 Confidential
310 Confidential
311 Denise
Mikula
312 Confidential
313 Confidential
314 Confidential
315 Denise
James
316 Confidential
317 John
Little
318 Confidential
319 Confidential
320 John
Launder
321 Confidential
322 Matthew
Tierney
323 Name
Withheld
324 Name
Withheld
325 Trude
Paladin
326 Name
Withheld
327 Name
Withheld
328 Jason
Masters
329 Brian
McKinlay
330 Anne-Marie
Delahunt
331 Daniel
Black
332 Lance
Bryant
333 Fay
Davidson
334 Name
Withheld
335 Jo
Inkpin
336 Adam
Hall
337 Claire
Southey
338 Name
Withheld
339 Douglas
Askin
340 Name
Withheld
341 Matt
Jones
342 Fiona
Reeves
343 Name
Withheld
344 Doug
Pollard
345 Sylvie
Constantine
346 Catherine
Brown
347 Name
Withheld
348 Diane
Sutton
349 Brian
Tideman
350 Jordan
Rose
351 Stephen
Jones
352 Melinda
Jones
353 Matt
Lennon
354 Andy
Schmulow
355 Yichen
Xu
356 Con
Kafataris
357 Ngan
Fong
358 Jeremy
Orchard
359 Chris
Mulherin
360 Jacqueline
Kelso
361 Clem
Watts
362 Veronica
Boast
363 Susan
Jensen
364 Dave
and Kathy Apelt
365 David
Cundy
366 Brynn
Mathews
367 Pamela
Garske
368 Neil
Ericksson
369 Geoff
Thomas
370 Rita
Joseph
371 Peter
and Jenny Stokes
372 Karl
Schmude
373 Luke
Martinez
374 Katherine
Burnog
375 Name
Withheld
376 Alex
Mayo
377 Adrian
Gallagher
378 Norma
Hill
379 Annette
Hill
380 Janne
Peterson
381 Steve
Nicholson
382 Jill
Antuar
383 Judy
De Haas
384 Linda
Burridge
385 Howard
Shepherd
386 Anita
Toner
387 Jonathan
Williams
388 Ronda
Romano
389 Louis
Cook
390 Bruce
Clarke
391 Nathan
Wilson
392 Wendy
Kefford
393 Timothy
Koch
394 Rae
McLellan
395 Carol
O'Connell
396 Stephen
Elliott
397 Greg
Blunden
398 Leonard
Attard
399 W P
Gadsby
400 Joel
and Louise Wright
401 Frank
Losonski
Form letters received
1 Form letter A: 20
2 Form letter B: 25
3 Form letter C: 18
4 Form letter D: 21
5 Form letter E: 1045
6 Form letter F: 18
7 Form letter G: 21
8 Form letter H: 881
9 Form letter I: 8
10
Form letter J: 72
11
Form letter K: 13
12
Form letter L: 42
13
Form letter M: 137
14
Form letter N: 933
Tabled documents
1
Document Tabled by Just.Equal at a Public Hearing in Canberra on 25
January 2017
Answers to questions on notice
1 Answers to Questions taken on Notice by Australian Catholics for
Equality at a public hearing in Melbourne on 23 January 2017
2 Answers to Questions taken on Notice by Australian Federation of Civil
Celebrants Inc. (AFCC) at a public hearing in Melbourne on 23 January 2017
3 Answers to Questions taken on Notice by Law Council of Australia at a
public hearing in Melbourne on 23 January 2017
4 Answers to Questions taken on Notice by Uniting Church LGBTIQ Network at
a public hearing in Melbourne on 23 January 2017
5 Answers to Questions taken on Notice by PFLAG Perth at a public hearing
in Sydney on 24 January 2017
6 Answers to Questions taken on Notice by Institute for Civil Society at a
public hearing in Melbourne on 23 January 2017
7 Answers to Questions taken on Notice by Liberty Victoria at a public
hearing in Melbourne on 23 January 2017
8 Answers to Questions taken on Notice by Amnesty International at a
public hearing in Melbourne on 23 January 2017
9 Answers to Questions taken on Notice by Dr Luke Beck at a public hearing
in Sydney on 24 January 2017
10
Answers to Questions taken on Notice by Dr Greg Walsh at a public
hearing in Sydney on 24 January 2017
11
Answers to Questions taken on Notice by Anglican Church Diocese of
Sydney at a public hearing in Sydney on 24 January 2017
12
Answers to Questions taken on Notice by Australian Human Rights
Commission at a public hearing in Sydney on 24 January 2017
13
Answers to Questions taken on Notice by Anti-Discrimination Board of NSW
at a public hearing in Sydney on 24 January 2017
14
Answers to Questions taken on Notice by Human Rights Law Alliance at a
Public Hearing in Canberra on 25 January 2017
15
Answers to Questions taken on Notice by Attorney-General’s Department at
a Public Hearing in Canberra on 25 January 2017
16
Answers to Questions taken on Notice by Human Rights Law Centre at a
public hearing in Canberra on 25 January 2017
17
Answers to Questions taken on Notice by Australian Lawyers for Human
Rights at a public hearing in Canberra on 25 January 2017
18
Answers to Questions taken on Notice by Mr Mark Fowler at a Public
Hearing in Canberra on 25 January 2017
Additional information
1
Additional Information provided by CoCA on 6 February 2017
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