Category: COVID-19
Remote witnessing of NOIMS – help make it permanent!
Let’s make remote witnessing of NOIMs permanent! We need your help to change marriage law.
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Preparing for the inevitable re COVID
How Sarah is preparing for the inevitable COVID exposure and isolation…
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Marriage statistics 2020
The marriage statistics for 2020 are out, and I’ve got your summary sorted!
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Vaccine mandates and weddings
Sorry, we don’t have the answers!
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What are the celebrant’s COVID-Safe obligations in NSW?
A celebrant asks: RE NSW weddings Covid sign in is doing my head in. Until recently I’ve...
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How to collect wedding guest information for your own COVIDSafe requirements
Many governments are requiring people running events to collect data about who attends the event using QR codes and web forms. Your legal responsibilities regarding COVID and COVIDSafe plans are your responsibility and this article in no way communicates what you must do regarding COVID and any safety plans. But if you need to collect data about people attending a wedding or funeral you are attending, this is a quick and easy way of doing it safely and responsibly.
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Creating elopement packages
A reader asks: “I have a handful of elopement related questions, and I think they will be more relevant than ever given how our world has changed in 2020 and how weddings have changed/will change in the coming year(s).
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If you have a non refundable deposit
An Australian wedding celebrant directory recently emailed it’s members guilt-tripping them into keeping non-refundable deposits. What a guy.
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The one in a hotel room with a lawyer
After five months of fighting for wedding vendors affected by COVID-19 lockdowns, cancellations, postponements, delays, booking fees, deposits, contracts, and the wasteland that is the wedding industry in August 2020, Kathryn from Hallet Law joins the podcast to talk about it all, and about her new service contract product.
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You don’t have to do everything
A celebrant enquired today about a couple who wanted to do a live stream of their wedding to family in Europe, but the celebrant didn’t know where to start or what to do. I thought it was a good prompt for me to remind celebrants of what we do have to do, and what we don’t have to do.
Read MoreMy entire client journey, end to end
Melbourne celebrant, Sarah Aird, shares her customer journey for her wedding brides, grooms, and clients.
Read MoreWe have changed membership systems
Just a quick note for members of the Celebrant Institute, your membership management, updating of cards, changing plans, logging in, and just using it, has become a whole lot easier. It’s involved four weeks of work on my...
Read MoreLuna’s debut on the podcast
Legal help, cancellations thanks to COVID-19, OPD over Zoom update, how to become a travelling celebrant, and how to get audio to videographers, all in this podcast episode with Sarah and Josh.
Read MoreMLCS & celebrant associations/networks meeting 5 May 2020
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...
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What it means when they say that weddings are coming back
There’s a lot of talk about weddings coming back as COVID-19 restrictions are eased. This is not an article about when and what restrictions are being eased, but a reminder as to how Australia works and how to know if weddings are a) allowed or legal, b) when they’re allowed, c) what will be allowed.
This article does remind you though how Australian governance works. You see, Australia as a nation is a lovely idea, but really, you live in a state. That state, be it Queensland, Victoria, Western Australia, or a constant state of joy, has made a number of decisions as to how certain things are governed. Many things are a state business, and they have then handed many things on to the [Commonwealth of Australia] for their governance. This article is an oversimplification of a complex structure, so please don’t quote me anywhere.
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Witnessing a NOIM over Zoom in the COVID-19 lockdown
With Police Officers and JPs being the most popular witnesses to notices of intended marriage forms when a celebrant cannot attend the witnessing…
Read MoreCOVID-19 and critical issues for marriages in Victoria – UPDATED
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 MoreCOVID-19 and marriage practicalities – UPDATED
How do we actually manage marriage ceremonies while respecting social distancing rules?
Read MoreCommunicating with couples about COVID-19
Do you know the Greek myth of King Sisyphus? As retribution for tricking the gods, he was punished to an eternity of pushing a large boulder up a steep hill only to have it roll back down just as he reached the top. With...
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