Coalition of Celebrant Associations

Australia’s Peak Celebrant Body

Senate Inquiry – Marriage Amendment Bills 2013

DOWNLOAD FULL SUBMISSION:CocA-Senate-Submission2013.pdf Appendix 1.      Second Legal Opinion of the renowned constitutional lawyer CocA-Senate-Submission2013-appendix1 Appendix 2.      ‘Parity’ for Category C celebrants with the Two other Categories of Marriage Celebrant.CocA-Senate-Submission2013-appendix2 Appendix 3.      Celebrant Related Information from Freedom of Information Request 2011 CocA-Senate-Submission2013-appendix3 Appendix 4.     Review of 15 years of Court Records related to Validity of Marriage CocA-Senate-Submission2013-appendix4 Appendix 5.    Marriage Related Statistics from Australian Bureau of Statistics CocA-Senate-Submission2013-appendix5 Appendix 6.    Overall Effect on Access to Work and Remuneration of the 2003 Changes from 1999 to 2011 CocA-Senate-Submission2013-appendix6 Appendix 7.     Celebrante 2012 Celebrant Survey – NOTE Over 90% post-2003 appointed Celebrants completed…
Summary of Coalition of Celebrant Associations position.Our sub-division is the only one where the celebrant’s recompense for their services is in direct relationship between the number of celebrants and the number of weddings.  TABLE 1 Approx. Numbers 2013 Sub-division A State & Territory Recognised Religious (See Exempted Celebrants) 24,000 celebrants Sub-division B State & Territory Registry Offices 700  Marriage Officers Sub-division C Independent Celebrants (Civil & Non-Aligned Religious#) 10,500 celebrants Income Stipend & other support On award wages Income Dependent on the share of the ratio average number weddings per celebrant per year. See Table 2. Av weddings pa 1.48…
The Senate The Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee Marriage Amendment (Celebrant Administration and Fees) Bill 2013 [Provisions] Marriage (Celebrant Registration Charge) Bill 2013 [Provisions] June 2013 © Commonwealth of Australia ISBN: 978-1-74229-869-6 This document was produced by the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee secretariat and printed by the Senate Printing Unit, Department of the Senate, Parliament House, Canberra. MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE Members Senator Patricia Crossin, Chair, ALP, NT Senator Gary Humphries, Deputy Chair, LP, ACT Senator Sue Boyce, LP, QLD Senator Mark Furner, ALP, QLD Senator Louise Pratt, ALP, WA Senator Penny Wright, AG, SA Secretariat…
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