Australian Politicians, like the New Zealand government are looking at the law around marriage and provisions for a change of the law to include same sex couples under the marriage act. Below is the link to a recent news article which reports on the Australian Senate's decision to vote against a law to include same sex marriage.
see :- http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/political-news/senate-rejects-gay-marriage-bill-20120920-268kz.html
