Same-Sex Entitlements

The Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission's Same-Sex: Same Entitlements Report has identified 58 laws that must be amended to eliminate discrimination against same-sex couples and their children in the area of federal financial and work-related entitlements.

The Report concludes that straightforward definition changes could remove discrimination in the following areas:

• Employment
• Workers’ Compensation
• Tax
• Social Security
• Veterans’ Entitlements
• Health Care Costs
• Family Law
• Superannuation
• Aged Care
• Migration.

UPDATE: Draft Bill introduced into Senate on 14 August 2007 as a Private Senator's Bill.