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Paid egg donation in Australia: is it legal?
Can someone be paid to donate eggs in Australia? The short answer is no. Human eggs cannot lawfully be treated as something to buy or sell. Australia permits altruistic egg donation, not commercial egg donation. But that is not the end of the story. A donor may be reimbursed for reasonable expenses associated with the… Read More »Paid egg donation in Australia: is it legal? The post Paid egg donation in Australia: is it legal? appeared first on Page Provan.
Does a prison sentence also mean losing the opportunity to become a parent after release? That question sits at the heart of Smith v Chief Executive, Queensland Corrective Services, a powerful High Court decision about egg freezing, fertility preservation and the limits of punishment. The High Court unanimously found that egg freezing did not fall… Read More »Egg Freezing in Prison: The High Court’s Decision in Smith The post Egg Freezing in Prison: The High Court’s Decision in Smith appeared first on Page Provan.
Donor limits Queensland: lesbian couples now one family
A lesbian couple using the same sperm donor should not become two families simply because both women want to carry a child. That is the straightforward principle behind Queensland Health’s reversal of its guidance on donor limits. The revised guidance recognises those women as one family for the purposes of Queensland’s donor limit. It removes… Read More »Donor limits Queensland: lesbian couples now one family The post Donor limits Queensland: lesbian couples now one family appeared first on Page Provan.
Page Provan Calls for Repeal of Surrogacy Parentage Regulation Changes
On 9 October 2026, our director Stephen Page wrote to the Attorney-General, the Hon Michelle Rowland MP, calling for the repeal of Part 3 of the Family Law Amendment (2026 Measures No. 1) Regulations 2026. If left in place, these regulations will remove the statutory presumptions that currently help establish the legal parentage of children… Read More »Page Provan Calls for Repeal of Surrogacy Parentage Regulation Changes The post Page Provan Calls for Repeal of Surrogacy Parentage Regulation Changes appeared first on Page Provan.
Australian Surrogacy Law Change: 3,000 Children’s Parentage at Risk
A change to Australia’s family law regulations threatens to remove an important layer of legal certainty for nearly 3,000 children born overseas through surrogacy. For their families, the issue is anything but technical. It concerns whether Australian law presumes that the people raising these children are their parents. The repeal of regulation 10.3 of the… Read More »Australian Surrogacy Law Change: 3,000 Children’s Parentage at Risk The post Australian Surrogacy Law Change: 3,000 Children’s Parentage at Risk appeared first on Page Provan.
Infertility Week: 4 things that can stop surrogacy
Infertility can eat away at a person’s sense of hope. It can make ordinary moments painful: a pregnancy announcement, a family gathering, or the seemingly endless appearance of babies everywhere. For someone longing to become a parent, the question can become deeply personal: why does parenthood seem possible for everyone else? Infertility awareness is not… Read More »Infertility Week: 4 things that can stop surrogacy The post Infertility Week: 4 things that can stop surrogacy appeared first on Page Provan.
Colombia surrogacy ban: will the new bill survive?
A proposal to ban all surrogacy in Colombia raises an obvious concern for Australians hoping to build a family there. But a bill before Congress is not the same thing as an enforceable law. Even if it secures enough votes, a further question remains: can it survive constitutional scrutiny? That distinction matters. Colombia’s Constitutional Court… Read More »Colombia surrogacy ban: will the new bill survive? The post Colombia surrogacy ban: will the new bill survive? appeared first on Page Provan.
International Surrogacy Births Hit a New Record
For every child born through surrogacy in Australia, around five children born overseas through surrogacy now apply for Australian citizenship by descent. That is the picture emerging from the latest figures discussed here. It is a striking comparison, even allowing for the fact that the domestic and international figures measure different things. In the year… Read More »International Surrogacy Births Hit a New Record The post International Surrogacy Births Hit a New Record appeared first on Page Provan.
Surrogacy law reform: what’s next after the ALRC inquiry
The Australian Law Reform Commission’s surrogacy inquiry could be an important moment for Australian families. Its report has been delivered to the Commonwealth Attorney-General and is due to be tabled in federal parliament. The question is not simply what the report recommends. It is whether Australia’s nine governments will work together to turn those recommendations… Read More »Surrogacy law reform: what’s next after the ALRC inquiry The post Surrogacy law reform: what’s next after the ALRC inquiry appeared first on Page Provan.
MRKH syndrome: how surrogacy can help you become a parent
MRKH syndrome means being born without a uterus. It does not mean that parenthood is impossible. For women with Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser syndrome, often shortened to MRKH, the journey to understanding their body can begin at a young age. Many discover in their early teenage years, commonly around 14 or 15, that they will not be able… Read More »MRKH syndrome: how surrogacy can help you become a parent The post MRKH syndrome: how surrogacy can help you become a parent appeared first on Page Provan.