V14 Full cost recovery means?

Most of the more highly remunerated marriage celebrants think .. "Well $600 is only one wedding"

However full cost recovery means - the more competition the fee removes, the higher the fee independent celebrants wil need to pa.

Number of independent celebrants	Percentage needed to be removed	Fee per celebrant to raise $ 4.2 million
Current number 10,000+	None	$ 420 pa
9000	10%	$ 466 pa
7000	30 %	$ 600 pa
5000	50%	$ 840 pa
3000	70 %	$ 1400 pa
If the fee were applied to ALL marriage celebrants
Approx. 35,000	none	$ 120 pa

It also means:

less choice
much higher fees

for the marrying public.

The effect will be to:

push the marrying public back to the churches and to the Registry Offices
increase the divide between the poor and rich in our country
undermine the orginal intent of the Civil Marriage Program which was to provide a meaningful alternative (not a higher cost elite service) to the churches and to the Registry Offices.

A cost barrier of this magnitude will make churches and to the Registry Offices so much more accessible.

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