b'Australia celebrates the results of the Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey, 2017.Australian Human Rights Commission for outstanding Australians gave clear majority support for the legalisation legal advocacy for refugees and asylum seekers. of same-sex marriage. A few weeks after the survey results were announced the Marriage Amendment (Definition Australias first marriage equality caseand Religious Freedoms) Act 2017 (Cth) was passed by In 2013 the Australian Capital Territory passed Australiasparliament, legalising same-sex marriage in Australia.first same-sex marriage legislation, the Marriage Equality (Same-Sex) Act 2013 (ACT). Over five days, dozens of couplesRighting the wrongs of the past were wed, only to have their marriages annulled when theIt was a historic day in 2017, when Queensland Premier High Court found the Act invalid. Allens and the HumanAnnastacia Palaszczuk stood before parliament and Rights Law Centre assisted advocacy group Australianapologised to 464 men with historical convictions for Marriage Equality with its intervention in the hearinghomosexual offences in Queensland and introduced before the High Court. legislation to expunge these convictions. It was a life-changing moment for manythe vindication was The High Court found the Act was inconsistent withpowerfully symbolic, but it also meant these people were commonwealth legislation, but importantly, the judgmentable to work in occupations unavailable to anyone with a recognised the federal governments constitutional powercriminal record. Allens worked with LGBTI Legal Services in to legislate for same-sex marriage. This paved the way forQueensland to research and present options to encourage the 2017 Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey in whichlegislative reform. 237'