Authenticity and honesty as a celebrant
Be yourself as a celebrant, authentic, honest, and open, and you’ll attract clients who are just like you, making your life a whole lot easier!
Read MorePosted by sarahaird | Aug 2, 2023 | The Art of Celebrancy |
Be yourself as a celebrant, authentic, honest, and open, and you’ll attract clients who are just like you, making your life a whole lot easier!
Read MorePosted by sarahaird | Apr 11, 2023 | Our Guidelines to Australian Marriage Law |
Stephanie celebrant asks: I think many of us have seen and have been contacted by “Marry...
Read MorePosted by sarahaird | Nov 10, 2022 | Community News |
The Attorney-General’s department MarCel database has been accessed by hackers. Find out how it was accessed and what we know about the data leak.
Read MorePosted by sarahaird | Nov 10, 2022 | Community News |
I was about to give myself a long lunch break when my daily statistics release email came through...
Read MorePosted by sarahaird | Nov 8, 2022 | Our Guidelines to Australian Marriage Law |
Hopefully everyone has caught up on this major change to the way we do our work, but I know from my OPD classes that some people missed it. So here’s a super basic update.
Read MorePosted by sarahaird | Sep 12, 2022 | CI, Our Guidelines to Australian Marriage Law |
We’ve had a lot of requests about whether we’re going to run a session providing info...
Read MorePosted by sarahaird | Jul 28, 2022 | Community News, COVID-19, Our Guidelines to Australian Marriage Law |
Let’s make remote witnessing of NOIMs permanent! We need your help to change marriage law.
Read MorePosted by sarahaird | Jan 24, 2022 | The Art of Ceremony |
What do you do when you’re the one who gets sick mid-ceremony?
Read MoreHow Sarah is preparing for the inevitable COVID exposure and isolation…
Read MorePosted by sarahaird | Nov 24, 2021 | COVID-19, The Business of Celebrancy |
The marriage statistics for 2020 are out, and I’ve got your summary sorted!
Read MoreSorry, we don’t have the answers!
Read MorePosted by sarahaird | Aug 2, 2021 | Our Guidelines to Australian Marriage Law |
As you all know, the Marriage Act 1961 requires that the Notice of Intended Marriage is signed in...
Read MorePosted by sarahaird | Jul 12, 2021 | Our Guidelines to Australian Marriage Law |
Tania asks: I have an enquiry from a couple, one party is Visually Impaired. They would have the...
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Read MorePosted by sarahaird | Feb 22, 2021 | Our Guidelines to Australian Marriage Law |
When a celebrant dies, what happens to their marriage documentation?
Read MorePosted by sarahaird | Aug 4, 2020 | The Art of Celebrancy |
A video showing you all the gear I use for weddings!
Read MorePosted by sarahaird | Jul 30, 2020 | The Art of Ceremony |
I’ve been creating some video content for my Cert IV students and thought I might share it with all of you too, in case you find it interesting!
In this video I take you through how I run a wedding rehearsal. Please note this is only how I do it; I don’t expect you or anyone else to do it this way, but hopefully it will give you some ideas. Remember my philosophy with these things is that you should collect as much information from as many celebrants as possible, pick what you like and what you don’t, and hopefully that will help to inform the way you do things!
Read MorePosted by sarahaird | Jul 27, 2020 | COVID-19, The Business of Celebrancy |
Melbourne celebrant, Sarah Aird, shares her customer journey for her wedding brides, grooms, and clients.
Read MorePosted by sarahaird | Jul 25, 2020 | Our Guidelines to Australian Marriage Law |
(Sorry for the radio silence on my behalf – I’ve been answering members’ questions, but otherwise frantically working on all things Life Skills Training, which hasn’t left much time for writing blog...
Read MorePosted by sarahaird | Jun 15, 2020 | The Art of Ceremony |
What if we sent a voice recording of a ceremony to a couple instead of a written draft?
Read MorePosted by sarahaird | May 15, 2020 | Community News |
No annual fee for celebrants for 2020-2021!
Read MorePosted by sarahaird | May 11, 2020 | Community News, COVID-19 |
I attended the meeting between the Marriage Law & Celebrant Section of the Attorney-General’s Department and celebrant associations and networks last Tuesday. It’s taken me much longer to write a report for you...
Read MorePosted by sarahaird | Mar 28, 2020 | Community News, COVID-19 |
BDM Victoria has shut down their offices and their call centre until further notice. This raises two critical marriage issues that they have not clarified. This evening I’ve sent the following email to my local State member, Michael O’Brien, who is the Leader of the Opposition in Victoria. I’ll keep you posted…
Read MorePosted by sarahaird | Mar 28, 2020 | Community News, COVID-19 |
How do we actually manage marriage ceremonies while respecting social distancing rules?
Read MorePosted by sarahaird | Jan 29, 2020 | Our Guidelines to Australian Marriage Law |
Lots of the questions celebrants ask me relate to how far they can push the legislative requirements or ethics of our role. I have one simple test you can apply to any situation
Read MorePosted by sarahaird | Jan 28, 2020 | Our Guidelines to Australian Marriage Law |
I’ve had a couple ask about what happens with there names after they are married. I’m not sure if I’m meant to know or if it’s some what part of my role but what is the legal action for changing the couples names after the ceremony?
Read MorePosted by sarahaird | Jan 10, 2020 | Our Guidelines to Australian Marriage Law |
What is the minimum required information needed to accept a NOIM, and can you accept a NOIM without yet seeing proof of identity and date and place of birth?
Read MorePosted by sarahaird | Jan 6, 2020 | Our Guidelines to Australian Marriage Law |
I read the latest Marriage Celebrant Matters Newsletter and it states that “Hard copies of the Notice, DNLI or any supporting documents (divorce orders, parental consents etc) do not need to be kept once lodged electronically with the registry of births, deaths and marriages (BDM). Celebrants may wish to retain these documents until the marriage is registered”
Does this include all the previous hard copies we kept and lodged electronically? Because previously we were suppose to keep the hard copies for X years from what I remember. I think it was 5 years from memory.
Read MorePosted by sarahaird | Jan 2, 2020 | Our Guidelines to Australian Marriage Law |
It’s here again, the most dreaded question on the NOIM. We do know it’s being removed from the next iteration of the forms, but given they’ve been on their way for 5 years, don’t hold your breath. Liane...
Read MorePosted by sarahaird | Dec 28, 2019 | Our Guidelines to Australian Marriage Law |
Once a NOIM has been submitted to the NSW Registry BDM, do you know if that one has to be used, or if it could be abandoned and brand new NOIM submitted to a different celebrant?
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