Marriage between people of the same sex or gender was legislated in Australia from December 2017.
Notes on verification
Well-documented legislative fact confirmed by Australian government records, parliamentary documentation, and multiple independent news sources at the time. [cascade flags: wikipedia_dropped_other_sources_exist | tier=silver indep_score=0.77 clusters=2 claim_tier=everyday | framework convergence=single on Australian federal legislative record (Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Act 2017) (upstreams: Australian Parliament, Attorney-General's Department of Australia) — publishers independent, evidence may not be | kind=empirical eligibility=high]
Sources
- Marriages and Divorces, Australia, 2025 | Australian Bureau of Statistics (seed:relationships_and_lifestyle)
- https://www.ag.gov.au/families-and-marriage/marriage/same-sex-marriage-australia (corroboration)
- https://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/Parliamentary_Departments/Parliamentary_Library/pubs/rp/BudgetReview201718/SameSexMarriage (corroboration)