A new study has suggested that raising children won’t send parents broke, according to the ABC, although the author suggests that it should not be used for child support purposes.
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
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
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
