As a Celebrant in Australia I live in Stirling, South Australia, maintain a professional attachment to the University of South Australia [ Uni Home Page ], am a Justice of the Peace and am authorised to conduct Marriages according to current Australian Commonwealth law. In addition I am most pleased to provide a range of other associated services which are detailed on this website. This website contains a wide range of legal information, ideas for ceremonies, testimonials, and so on. Since late February 2009 there have been over 3,500 hits to the website, and numerous positive comments. However, please let me know if it does not meet your needs! It is important for you that you know what fees are involved and consequently they are listed 'up front'! What are the fees? Marriage celebrants authorised by the Australian Government are entitled to charge for any services that they provide. Fees for weddings are not fixed and may vary from celebrant to celebrant. Ensure you reach an agreement on the fees before asking the celebrant to hold the date. You should also ensure that you understand what charges are non-refundable. (Reference:http://www.ag.gov.au) You will find that there is a very large range in the fees charged by Celebrants. The fees listed below are current to June 30th 2010. There is one fee adjustment for 1st July 2010 - 30th June 2011, and that is noted in brackets. I do expect that you pay the fees prior to the ceremony, and I will provide you with my bank account number for this purpose when I provide you with a Statement of Fees, indicating that an ‘average’ ceremony costs about $400. Services include in basic fees – readily available phone and email contact; consultations as required; appropriate preparation and submission of all forms; full advice and support for construction of your personalized ceremony; travel within 30km of my home; use of superior quality mobile wireless hand-held microphone, speaker, CD system, etc. | Service | Fee Payable | | Total cost - deposit, NIM, ceremony, all paperwork, travel within 30km return of Stirling | $400 [$500 after 1/7/10] | | Deposit to secure booking | $100 | | The cost of $400 [$500] is made up of the following: | | | $100 | - Solemnisation of Marriage/Reaffirmation/Namegiving/Commitment/Funeral, including travel within 30km of Celebrant’s home
| $300 [$400 after 1/7/10] | | | | | Additional services will incur additional fees: |
| Travel is customarily charged at $1.50/km where more than 30km from celebrant home McLaren Vale, Houghton, Strathalbyn regions [100km return] - $50 Victor Harbor, Barossa regions [180km return] - $100 Clare region [320km return] - $250 |
| - Public Holidays – New Year, Easter, Christmas, long weekends
| $100 | | $100 | - Consultation where couple do not use Celebrant
| $100 | | By arrangement | | | | | I have a portable wireless sound system which accommodates CDs, i-pods, etc. and a hand-held microphone | No charge |
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