This was like 6 or 7 years ago now so I'm fuzzy on details ... I vaguely recall they were saying more than 2 nights a week counted as a 'relationship' even if you weren't sharing anything financial or anything at all, which struck me as weird at the time. We were sort of together most days - worked at the same place, albeit different departments. But then so did my housemate (I lived very close to work ). No way in hell it came even remotely close to being a 'marriage like relationship' but that silly 2 nights a week thing stuck in my mind for some reason ...

If the pay for singles wasn't close to twice the pay for couples (I get $320 partnered, I'd get $600 single) I think a lot less people would be fudging their relationship status, but I can't see the powers that be changing the legislation any time soon even though it would save a fortune on fraud investigation. I remember it being a huge shock to the system how much less I got paid when I moved in with my current partner.