A Serious Question

[UIZ733]

Listening to a lot of "Polywaffle" recently has made me think. A rare event I know.
If an employed gay couple are living in a relationship and have children, how are they treated by centrelink and tax dept etc? Are they treated the same as a "defacto couple heterosexual" with similar circumstances OR as two separate individuals?
Please, this question has nothing to do with the moral/religious aspects of being gay.

[nick_4x4]

Two of my friends who are together adopted her niece, (mother passed) they both work and both are classed as defacto relationship just like any other couple.

Its a debate that will always have its own issues, government says they cannot be married yet they are willing to treat them as a couple.

It is a fair question and one that i have had to ask my two friends before as i too did not understand how the government seen them.

[Mace]

http://www.ato.gov.au/Individuals/Families/In-detail/Other-topics/Same-sex-relationships-and-income-tax/

Not that rare, I know of two such couples in various play groups of my nieces.

[Marcus73]

I have a mate who's daughter is gay and in a relationship. Her partner moved in with them and my mate lost the entitlements that he was receiving due to this ( she was still under 18 ) I found this a bit odd considering the government won't allow gay marriage. Seems like they're contradicting themselves somewhat I think.


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[UIZ733]

It would appear from your responses that they are treated like any other married/defacto couple then!
If that is the case, why do they not have the right to marry?
Seems like an extraordinary double standard, so typical of politicians.

[Marcus73]

Yep. Only interested if its too their advantage


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