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As of midnight Saturday, returning Australians are to be quarantined in hotels for 14 days-at the expense of States, according to the Prime Minister, with… Read More »Returning Australians to be quarantined in hotels
Canada’s entry restrictions from 25 March are set out below. Canada will let anyone in who already has a Canadian child. A big thank you… Read More »Canadian entry restrictions
The Restrictions on entering Queensland are these, found here: Border restrictions Direction from Chief Health Officer in accordance with emergency powers arising from the declared… Read More »Restrictions on entering Qld
When Australia changed its rules just over a week ago so that the only people who could come here were Australian citizens, residents and their… Read More »HOORAY! They are coming home
A camel, as they say, is a horse designed by a committee. The same could be said of the COVID-19 inquiry form that has started… Read More »Department of Home Affairs now has an exemption form for COVID-19 travellers
Today I was asked if I would help those who are stuck on their overseas journeys to be able to get overseas or if they… Read More »Yes, I will help those who are stuck on their surrogacy journeys
Despite the PM announcing that the ban on international travel would start at midnight tonight, under new federal regulations proclaimed today, the ban started at… Read More »Actually, the international ban on travel started at noon today
Last night the Prime Minister announced that Australians would not be able to travel internationally- effective at midnight tonight. It must be assumed that intended… Read More »Morrison: no international travel from tonight
The Fertility Society of Australia in its updated recommendations in response to COVID-19 has recommended that patients postpone fertility treatment where possible: With these recommendations,… Read More »Fertility Society of Australia: postpone IVF treatment if possible
The Queensland Premier, Anastasia Palaszczuk has now announced exemptions to the closure of the Queensland borders, to include medical treatment. It is not known how… Read More »Qld: medical exemption for border closing
The Qld Premier, following the approach of her counterparts in SA, WA, NT and Tasmania, has announced the closure of the Qld border- effective as… Read More »Qld to close its borders
I have this morning written to the Minister for Home Affairs, Peter Dutton urging him for the Australian Government to take urgent action to… Read More »Letter to Peter Dutton about children born through surrogacy in the US and Canada
I am advised by clients this morning that Canada’s passports offices have closed. Whether they will have skeleton staff on, and whether they will be… Read More »Canadian passports office closing affecting surrogacy journeys home
The Fertility Society has issued a statement this morning about its latest recommendations about COVID-19: Australia and New Zealand, like so many other countries, is… Read More »Latest recommendations from the Fertility Society of Australia about COVID-19
The US passports office has released this statement: Updated March 19, 2020* The Department of State advises U.S. citizens to avoid all international travel at this time… Read More »US passports likely to be harder to obtain!
It is extraordinary that for 100 years Qantas has operated non-stop, including operating flights throughout the course of World War II. Until today– when it… Read More »PM: only residents and dependents welcome
Following on from yesterday’s news, the Family and Federal Circuit Courts have announced changes to registrars and child dispute services procedures in response to COVID-19,… Read More »More Family Court COVID-19 arrangements
Following on from yesterday’s news, the Family and Federal Circuit Courts have announced changes to registrars and child dispute services procedures in response to COVID-19,… Read More »More Family Court COVID-19 arrangements
The disruptive effect of COVID-19 on our society has been extraordinary, and regrettably has impacted and will continue to impact on those seeking to be… Read More »The impact of COVID-19 on your Tasmanian surrogacy journey
The disruptive effect of COVID-19 on our society has been extraordinary, and regrettably has impacted and will continue to impact on those seeking to be… Read More »The impact on COVID-19 on your Western Australia surrogacy journey
