14.11.2025
The views and opinions expressed in the submissions belong to their authors and do not reflect those of the Australian Law Reform Commission. For more information, see our submissions policy.
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.
This page will list all submissions received during the Inquiry. We will publish all submissions that meet our submissions policy. Please note that many submissions have been de-identified (listed as ‘Name withheld’) as some Australian laws prohibit the identification of people involved in surrogacy arrangements or family court proceedings. Some submissions will remain confidential (listed as ‘Not published’) at the author’s request.
The ALRC will be publishing submissions periodically over the coming months.
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52. Name withheld
59. Name withheld
69. Name withheld
74. Name withheld
77. Name withheld
81. Name withheld
82. Not published
85. Name withheld
87. Name withheld
90. Centre for Bioethics and Culture (US)
91. K Smith
95. S Lambert
96. Name withheld
97. Name withheld
98. A Fouche
99. Name withheld
100. Name withheld
101. KQ Ho
102. Name withheld
103. Not published
104. Australian Christian Lobby
105. K Cox
106. M A. Somerville
107. Name withheld
108. Not published
111. Name withheld
112. Abolish Surrogacy Australia
114. Name withheld
116. Not published
117. Name withheld
118. Not published
119. Not published
120. H Drabsch
121. Not published
122. Presbyterian Church of Australia
123. Not published
126. Name withheld
127. Name withheld
128. S Jefford
129. Sam Everingham
130. S Page
134. International Coalition for the Abolition of Surrogate Motherhood
135. Name withheld
142. J Holder
144. L Ransome
145. Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation
151. D Kooyong
152. D McGregor
153. Attorney-General’s Department (Cth)
155. Coalition of Australian Feminist Organisations
156. Name withheld
157. Not published
158. Name withheld
162. Name withheld
166. E Kendal
171. Name withheld
172. Not published
173. Name withheld
174. Peter McMullin Centre on Statelessness
177. Name withheld
179. Not published
182. Australian Feminists for Women’s Rights (AF4WR)
183. Health Law Group, Monash Law School
185. Name withheld
187. Australian Catholic Bishops Conference
196. Name withheld
200. Not published
201. A Whittaker, C Volks, A Molas (et al)
203. Name withheld
206. Not published
207. Name withheld
209. Not published
210. Name withheld
211. Name withheld
212. Name withheld
217. Not published
219. Name withheld
224. Children’s Voices in Surrogacy Law Project
226. S Swanepoel
229. Name withheld
241. Catholic Women’s League Australia
247. Anglican Church Diocese of Sydney
248. Department of Home Affairs (Cth)
252. Coalition of Activist Lesbians
253. Equality Australia
260. Rainbow Families
264. A McKie
267. Single Mother Families Australia
271. Feminist Legal Clinic Inc.
273. VANISH
276. Name withheld
277. ANZICA
281. Name withheld
283. Name withheld
284. G Boneham
285. Switchboard Victoria
286. Name withheld
287. Name withheld
288. Name withheld
289. Name withheld
290. P Harper
291. Mothers Adoption Loss Alliance
292. Not published
293. Not published
294. H Driesen
295. Name withheld
296. Women’s Declaration International (Australia)
298. Department of Health, Disability and Ageing (Cth)
300. Name withheld
302. Name withheld
306. Name withheld
307. Name withheld
308. Name withheld
311. Donor Conceived Families Australia
317. Name withheld
318. Name withheld
320. Name withheld
321. E Kneebone
329. Name withheld
331. Castan Centre for Human Rights Law
337. Not published
338. GeneEthics
339. Name withheld
340. Name withheld
341. Not published
350. MRKH Australia
