Further 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) 

• Surrogacy Act 2012 (Tas) 

• Assisted Reproductive Treatment Act 2008 (Vic)  

• Status of the Children Act 1974 (Vic) 

• Surrogacy Act 2008 (WA)  

Reports and Inquiries  

• Family Law Council, Report on Parentage and the Family Law Act 1975 (2013) 

• House of Representatives Standing Committee on Social Policy and Legal Affairs, Surrogacy Matters: Inquiry into the regulatory and legislative aspects of international and domestic surrogacy arrangements (2016) 

• NSW Department of Justice, Statutory Review: Surrogacy Act 2010 (2018) 

• South Australian Law Reform Institute, Surrogacy: A Legislative Framework – Review of Part 2B of the Family Relationships Act 1975 (SA) (2018) 

• NT Department of Health and Department of the Attorney-General and Justice, Discussion Paper: A conversation about surrogacy in the Northern Territory (2019) 

• Sonia Allan, Review of the Western Australian Human Reproductive Technology Act 1991 and the Surrogacy Act 2008 (2019) 

• Ministerial Expert Panel on Assisted Reproductive Technology and Surrogacy: Final Report (2023) 
  
  
• Standing Committee on Justice and Community Safety (ACT), Inquiry into the Parentage (Surrogacy) Bill 2023 (2024)
  
  
• NSW Department of Communities and Justice, Discussion Paper: Review of the Surrogacy Act 2010 and the Status of Children Act 1996 (2024)