• Proposed new annual fees for Civil Celebrants will mean HIGHER COST for 95% of CIVIL weddings. This is discriminatory as these fees will NOT apply to religious celebrants or to the staff of State Registry Offices.
• CIVIL Celebrants perform 70% of all Australian weddings so the costs will impact on the MAJORITY of marrying couples.
• New annual registration arrangements for 95% of Civil Celebrants mean marrying couples CANNOT be confident their Civil Celebrant will still be registered to perform their marriage on their wedding day.
• We ask for ONE Nation with ONE Marriage Act and ONE SET of basic rules for ALL marriages and ALL marriage celebrants - whether religious or civil.