It has been a long and horrible journey, but at last gender and sexual identity no longer limits your right to marry.

It has been a long and horrible journey, but at last gender and sexual identity no longer limits your right to marry.

Congratulations to all my friends who will now be planning weddings!

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  1. John Samuel7 December 2017 at 15:42

    Well said

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  2. Deryk Robosson7 December 2017 at 18:22

    Hopefully it pleases Her Majesty to assent.

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  3. Rob Masters7 December 2017 at 18:51

    Her Majesty does not actually have that power any more. Not in Aus. The Governor General is appointed as the executor of the government, and represents the Queen, but the two duties are distinct, even if embodied in the one person.

    John Samuel​ you're more up on this than I, how far off the mark is my memory?

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  4. Rob Masters7 December 2017 at 18:52

    Oh, and is appointed by the party that forms Government, not by the Queen.

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  5. Deryk Robosson7 December 2017 at 19:01

    If she, or her heirs, didn't have that power via their appointed representative, the Constitution would be of no effect.

    The appointment is meant to come from her. It is my understanding that since around 1973 the accepted practice has been for the government here to make a recommendation for appointment. The power to do so is still hers.

    She, through the appointed GG, can exercise her reserved right to withhold assent.

    Anyway, the point of my previous comment was that there was one final step to be completed to becoming law prior to being gazetted.

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  6. Alicia Smith7 December 2017 at 19:48

    The Governor General said he would be in Canberra and available for signing in the next two weeks.

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  7. John Samuel7 December 2017 at 20:20

    The Governor General is who the Prime Minister says for as long as the Prime Minister says. And the Queen has precisely zero role in the appointment or removal of such.

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  8. John Samuel7 December 2017 at 20:22

    Deryk Robosson the Queen doing so, even if technically correct, would be a constitutional shit storm to make the Dismissal look like a minor disagreement.

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  9. Deryk Robosson7 December 2017 at 20:26

    That doesn't jive with the Constitution, nor with the powers of the governor general. You are aware that the prime minister doesn't constitutionally exist yes?

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  10. Deryk Robosson7 December 2017 at 20:27

    Heh a shit storm, like the one the current muppets are experiencing? :)

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  11. John Samuel7 December 2017 at 20:44

    Deryk Robosson not in the written constitution per se, but clearly defined in the accepted conventions that surround the Constitution.

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  12. John Samuel7 December 2017 at 20:45

    Deryk Robosson what’s happening at the moment re s44 is relatively minor.

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  13. Deryk Robosson7 December 2017 at 20:47

    I see it differently. The whole foreign power thing is actually a very big elephant that they've hatched quite well and keep hidden in the corner.

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  14. John Samuel8 December 2017 at 05:10

    Deryk Robosson Shrugs. There might be a baton change if enough by-elections happen and go against the government but that’s relatively minor.

    And given that that’s happened before, and during a major war as well, I’m not terribly concerned by that. The precedents for baton changes on the floor are fairly clear.

    There’s no significant constitutional issues at play with s44, just a failure of due diligence on the part of several politicians.

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