Editing Civil union (section)

===Australia===
{{Main|Same-sex marriage in Australia}}

All levels of Australian Governments under nearly all Australian statutes do recognise same-sex couples as de facto couples as unregistered co-habitation or de facto status since 2009.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/num_act/srticllra2008769/ |title=SAME-SEX RELATIONSHIPS (EQUAL TREATMENT IN COMMONWEALTH LAWS-GENERAL LAW REFORM) ACT 2008 (NO. 144, 2008) |publisher=Austlii.edu.au |access-date=2014-04-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150421160124/http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/num_act/srticllra2008769/ |archive-date=2015-04-21 |url-status=dead }}</ref> From 1 July 2009 Centrelink recognised same-sex couples equally regarding social security – under the common-law marriage, de facto status or unregistered cohabitation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.centrelink.gov.au/internet/internet.nsf/individuals/same_sex.htm |title=Centrelink recognises same-sex relationships from 1 July 2009 |access-date=2009-03-30 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090227163241/http://www.centrelink.gov.au/internet/internet.nsf/individuals/same_sex.htm |archive-date=2009-02-27 }}</ref>

'''Registered relationship recognition in state Governments:'''

{| class=wikitable
|-
!State or territory
!Official relationship status
!Year of enactment
|-
| [[Same-sex marriage in the Australian Capital Territory|Australian Capital Territory]]
| [[File:Yes check.svg|10px|Yes]] Civil partnership
| 2008
|-
| [[LGBT rights in New South Wales|New South Wales]]
| [[File:Yes check.svg|10px|Yes]] Registered relationship
| 2010
|-
| [[LGBT rights in Queensland|Queensland]]
| [[File:Yes check.svg|10px|Yes]] Civil partnership
| 2012
|-
| [[Recognition of same-sex unions in Tasmania|Tasmania]]
| [[File:Yes check.svg|10px|Yes]] Significant relationship
| 2004
|-
| [[LGBT rights in Victoria|Victoria]]
| [[File:Yes check.svg|10px|Yes]] Registered domestic relationship
| 2008
|-
| [[LGBT rights in South Australia|South Australia]]
| [[File:Yes check.svg|10px|Yes]] Registered relationship
| 2017
|}

'''[[Relationship register|Registered relationship]] recognition in 5 local government areas within Australia:'''
* [[City of Sydney]], [[New South Wales]]{{Snd}}Registered relationships since 2004<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gaylawnet.com/ezine/partners/southsydney.pdf|title=CITY OF SYDNEY RELATIONSHIPS DECLARATION PROGRAM|access-date=5 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305093806/http://gaylawnet.com/ezine/partners/southsydney.pdf|archive-date=5 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Municipality of Woollahra]], [[New South Wales]]{{Snd}}Registered relationships since 2008<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.starobserver.com.au/news/national-news/new-south-wales-news/woollahra-to-get-same-sex-register/3177|title=Woollahra to get same-sex register - Star Observer|website=www.starobserver.com.au|access-date=5 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170906040601/http://www.starobserver.com.au/news/national-news/new-south-wales-news/woollahra-to-get-same-sex-register/3177|archive-date=6 September 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[City of the Blue Mountains]], [[New South Wales]]{{Snd}}Registered relationships since 2010<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bmcc.nsw.gov.au/yourcommunity/relationshipdeclaration |title=Blue Mountains City Council - Relationship Declaration |first=Clear Blue |last=Day |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160201054501/http://www.bmcc.nsw.gov.au/yourcommunity/relationshipdeclaration |archive-date=2016-02-01 }}</ref>
* [[City of Vincent]], [[Western Australia]]{{Snd}}Registered relationships since 2012<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vincent.wa.gov.au/Services/Relationship_Declaration_Register|title=City of Vincent : Relationship Declaration Register|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151115002312/http://www.vincent.wa.gov.au/Services/Relationship_Declaration_Register|archive-date=2015-11-15}}</ref>
* [[Town of Port Hedland]], [[Western Australia]]{{Snd}}Registered relationships since 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.porthedland.wa.gov.au/relationship-declaration-register.aspx|title=Relationship Declaration Register » Town of Port Hedland|access-date=2016-12-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221162707/http://www.porthedland.wa.gov.au/relationship-declaration-register.aspx|archive-date=2016-12-21|url-status=dead}}</ref>