Inquiry into donor conception in Australia
Information about the Inquiry
On 23 June 2010 the Senate referred the following matter to the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committees for inquiry and report.
The past and present practices of donor conception in Australia, with particular reference to:
(a) donor conception regulation and legislation across federal and state jurisdictions.
(b) the conduct of clinics and medical services, including:
(i) payments for donors,
(ii) management of data relating to donor conception, and
(iii)provision of appropriate counselling and support services;
(c) the number of offspring born from each donor with reference to the risk of
consanguine relationships; and
(d) the rights of donor conceived individuals.
On 30 September 2010, the Senate decided to re-adopt the inquiry with a new reporting date, as the inquiry was not disposed of at the end of the 42nd Parliament. Submissions received during the previous Parliament will be considered by the committee and do not need to be resubmitted.
The original reporting date for this inquiry was 24 November 2010. However, on 17 November 2010, the Senate granted an extension of time to report until 9 February 2011.
Submissions should be received by 30 July 2010.
The Committee is seeking written submissions from interested individuals and organisations preferably in electronic form submitted online or sent by email to legcon.sen@aph.gov.au as an attached Adobe PDF or MS Word format document. The email must include full postal address and contact details.
Alternatively, written submissions may be sent to:
Committee Secretary
Senate Legal and Constitutional Committees
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Australia
Notes to help you prepare your submission are available from the website at https://www.aph.gov.au/senate/committee/wit_sub/index.htm. Alternatively, the Committee Secretariat will be able to help you with your inquiries and can be contacted on telephone +61 2 6277 3560 or facsimile +61 2 6277 5794 or by email to legcon.sen@aph.gov.au.
Inquiries from hearing and speech impaired people should be directed to Parliament House TTY number 02 6277 7799. Adobe also provides tools at http://access.adobe.com/ for the blind and visually impaired to access PDF documents. If you require any special arrangements to enable you to participate in the Committee's inquiry, please contact the Committee Secretariat.
Once the Committee accepts your submission, it becomes a confidential Committee document and is protected by Parliamentary Privilege. You must not release your submission without the Committee's permission. If you do, it will not be protected by Parliamentary Privilege. At some stage during the inquiry, the Committee normally makes submissions public and places them on its website. Please indicate if you want your submission to be kept confidential.
For further information, contact: Committee Secretary
Senate Legal and Constitutional Committees
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Australia