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SAME-sex couples who have married overseas will have their unions counted in the Australian census for the first time.
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| Gay couples who've married overseas will be counted in the Australian census for the first time. Picture: Thinkstock |
Australian Marriage Equality lobbied for a change of census rules.
AME convener Peter Furness said the move is an important sign of respect.
"It also highlights how nonsensical the federal government's failure to recognise same-sex marriage has become," he said in a statement.
Mr Furness said AME members had staged a sit-in at the Australian Bureau of Statistics offices and campaigned long and hard for many years.
"After returning from Canada in 2006 to find that our marriage would not even be counted in that year's census, we decided to fight for our rights.
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"Our marriage will finally be counted."
Jacqui Tomlins, together with her same-sex partner Sarah Nichols, took a case to the Federal Court in 2004 to have their Canadian marriage recognised in Australia.
She also welcomed the new census rules.
"After eight years of being happily married it's nice to see one government department, at least, stepping into line with prevailing community attitudes," she said.
"The next step is full equality."
The Australian Census will be on August 9.
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