Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Marriage Act 1961 (Australia)" in English language version.
No accurate statistics are available, but it has been estimated that at least 90 per cent of marriages amongst traditional Aborigines are not contracted under the Marriage Act 1961 (Cth).
John Howard: "What we didn't want to happen in 2004 was for the courts to start adjudicating on the definition of marriage because that was a real threat in 2004 because some people who had contracted same sex marriages in another country had the capacity to bring their issues before courts in Australia".
No accurate statistics are available, but it has been estimated that at least 90 per cent of marriages amongst traditional Aborigines are not contracted under the Marriage Act 1961 (Cth).