New laws overhauling the State’s outdated definition of what constitutes a domestic relationship were unveiled in the South Australian State Parliament earlier this week by Attorney-General, Michael Atkinson.
“It’s the biggest change to the law governing couple relationships in South Australia since de facto relationships were defined in the Family Relationships Act 1975,” Mr Atkinson says.
“To now qualify as a domestic partnership, a couple must live together in a close personal relationship, in a genuine domestic basis for three or more years, or three out of four years.
The new Domestic Partners Bill 2006 will fulfill the Rann Government’s pledge to introduce a Bill to end unjustified discrimination against same sex couples in the first session of Parliament after the election.
