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Additionally, if a woman's firstborn child is a son, her place in society moves up, while the same is not true of a firstborn daughter. This allowed them greater freedom, equality to males, and a higher status within Japanese society. The question of immigration was settled for the time being by renewal of the business treaty, July 24 1911; the earlier "gentlemen's agreement" was continued, according to which, while not yielding its claim to a right of immigration into the United States, the Japanese Government pledged itself not to problem passports to labourers. The external territory of Norfolk Island has, since 1 July 2016, been integrated into New South Wales legislation. In December 2016, the South Australia Parliament handed a law which created a relationship register for identical-sex couples and recognises the relationships of identical-sex couples who had married or entered into an official union in other states and nations. But when has a Women's Suffrage debate proceeded in a Parliament guarded by policemen? For the reason that Parliament introduced the wedding Act 1961, marriage laws in Australia were typically regarded as an exclusive Commonwealth power. This meant same-sex couples and any two people who reside together are coated by the same legal guidelines. |
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