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Yes on 16th August 2004 the 1961 Marriage Act was amended to redefine marriage as marriagemeans the union of a man and a woman to the exclusion of all others, voluntarily entered into for life.
and also stated: A union solemnised in a foreign country between:
(a) a man and another man; or
(b) a woman and another woman;
must not be recognised as a marriage in Australia.
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