This is the case of notorious solicitor Michael Ryan, who had numerous lovers, many of them prostitutes, who have all made claims on his $8m estate as his de facto lovers, with varying degrees of success. ..

The relationships of Australia are about to get a free tune-up, courtesy of Kevin Andrews. In July this year he will introduce a program whereby couples of all persuasions — those about to be married, the already married, the unmarried, same-sex couples, those hoping to soup up a sagging sex life — will be able to apply online for a $200 counselling voucher…

Social security claimants can be “friends with benefits” without losing their Centrelink benefits, a federal tribunal has ruled…

De facto couples – even those who have a child and live together – have significant social, financial and emotional “differences” to married couples, according to a Federal Circuit Court judge…

Application for domestic partner declaration – plaintiff and deceased knew each other for approximately 38 years – from time to time lived together in a “close personal relationship” – plaintiff married on three occasions each, apart from the last, of relatively short duration – whether plaintiff and deceased were domestic partners one of the other as at date of death or at an earlier time for a period of three years or an aggregate period of three out of four years – alternatively, whether it is in the interests of justice that a declaration be made…