Members of the gay and lesbian community in South Australia almost took the roof off Parliament last week when the Domestic Partners Bill 2006 was passed in the Legislative Council.

The laws dispense with the term “de facto” and categorise couples as domestic partners. That means same-sex couples and any two people who live together now would be covered by the law.
The Bill, which now gives same-sex couples legal rights in South Australia, passed 16 to 3, with Family First’s Andrew Evans and Dennis Hood and Liberal Terry Stephens voting against it.