Submissions
The ALRC would like to thank everyone who made a submission to the Surrogacy Inquiry Issues Paper. We greatly appreciate hearing your experiences, views, and expertise. Some of these submissions may be confronting or cause offense to particular sections of the community. The views and opinions expressed in the submissions belong to their authors and do …
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Read moreReview of Surrogacy Laws: Discussion Paper released
The Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) today released its Discussion Paper in its Review of Surrogacy Laws. The Discussion Paper sets out proposed reforms of surrogacy laws for feedback and also asks a number of questions. Organisations and individuals with an interest in the review are invited to provide submissions until 19 December 2025. ALRC …
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Read moreReview of Surrogacy Laws: Discussion Paper (2025)
This Discussion Paper builds on the conversation started in the Issues Paper. It outlines options to improve how surrogacy is regulated in Australia and asks for your thoughts to help us refine these options. You can tell us what you think by making a submission. The feedback that we receive to this Discussion Paper will …
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Read moreAdvisory Committee
The ALRC typically forms an advisory committee, or panel of experts, for each Inquiry. The Advisory Committee for the ALRC’s Review of Surrogacy Laws comprises the following members: Ms Narelle Dickinson, Director and Lead Clinician, Lotus Health and Psychology Dr Alison Gee, Fertility Specialist, IVF Australia Professor Paula Gerber, Law Faculty, Monash University Mr Michael Gorton …
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Read moreFurther Resources
Below are additional resources, links and references related to the Review of Surrogacy Laws. Please note that these are external links, and that the ALRC is not responsible for content on third party websites. Legislation Parentage Act 2004 (ACT) Surrogacy Act 2010 (NSW) Surrogacy Act 2022 (NT) Surrogacy Act 2010 (Qld) Surrogacy Act 2019 (SA) …
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Read moreTimeline and Engagement
To read a one-page information sheet about the Inquiry, click here. The Inquiry’s timeline, our submission process, and link to register for Inquiry updates, are available below. Timeline The timeline below sets out the main milestones for the Surrogacy Law Inquiry through to its completion in July 2026. Making a submission to our Inquiry We will …
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Read moreMake a submission
Submissions in response to the Discussion Paper are now open. Submissions will remain open until Friday 19 December 2025. Submissions in response to the Discussion Paper are now open. Submissions will remain open until Friday 19 December 2025. When you make a submission, please tell us if: you have personal experience of surrogacy, for example as a surrogate, intended parent, parent through surrogacy, or person born through …
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Read moreLaw and Human Rights Expert Associate Professor Ronli Sifris to Join ALRC Review of Surrogacy Laws
The Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) has announced Associate Professor Ronli Sifris as Assistant Commissioner for its Review of Surrogacy Laws. Assistant Commissioner Sifris is an Associate Professor at Monash University’s Faculty of Law and Deputy Director of the Castan Centre for Human Rights Law. Assistant Commissioner Sifris is a well-regarded specialist on surrogacy laws …
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Read moreAustralian Law Reform Commission to commence new Inquiry into surrogacy laws
The Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) has received Terms of Reference from Commonwealth Attorney-General the Hon Mark Dreyfus KC MP to review Australian surrogacy laws, policies and practices. The Terms of Reference direct the ALRC to identify reforms, particularly proposals for uniform or complementary state, territory and Commonwealth laws that: are consistent with Australia’s obligations …
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Read moreTerms of Reference
I, the Hon Mark Dreyfus KC MP, Attorney-General of Australia, having regard to surrogacy providing Australians who are unable to give birth an opportunity to have a child; the medically, emotionally, financially and legally complex nature of surrogacy arrangements; the legislative responsibilities that states and territories have with regards to surrogacy laws, and current inconsistencies …
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