Things to Read, Watch & Listen

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

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

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 South Australian surrogacy journey