Resolution Appointing the Investigation into Altruistic Surrogacy Committee

1. A select committee, to be known as the Investigation into Altruistic Surrogacy Committee, be appointed from 26 February 2008 to investigate and report on the following matters in relation to altruistic surrogacy in Queensland:
1. Should altruistic surrogacy be decriminalised in Queensland?
2. If so,
• What role should the Queensland Government play in regulating altruistic surrogacy arrangements in Queensland?
• What criteria, if any, should the commissioning parent/s and/or surrogate have to meet before entering into an altruistic surrogacy arrangement?
• What role should a genetic relationship between the child and the commissioning parent/s and/or surrogate play in any altruistic surrogacy arrangement?
• What legal rights and responsibilities should be imposed upon the commissioning parent/s and/or surrogate?
• What rights should a child born through an altruistic surrogacy arrangement have to access information relating to his or her genetic parentage? Who should hold this information?
• What, if any, other matters should be considered in the regulation of this issue?
2. Further, that the committee have power to call for persons, documents and other items.
3. That the committee report to the Legislative Assembly by 30 September 08.
4. That the committee consist of seven Members of the Legislative Assembly : Mrs Lavarch (Chair), with the remaining six Members of the Committee, consisting of three additional Government Members, one Member to be nominated by the National Party, one Member to be nominated by the Liberal party and one Member to be nominated to represent the Independent members, to be appointed.
5. That this resolution has effect not withstanding anything contained in Standing Orders.

On 26 February 2008, the Legislative Assembly, on the motion of the Leader of the House, resolved:

1. That in addition to the appointment of Mrs Lavarch (Chair), the following six members be appointed to the select committee known as the ‘Investigation into Altruistic Surrogacy Committee’, established by resolution on 14 February 2008 and effective from 26 February 2008: Ms Darling, Mr Foley, Mrs Menkens, Mr Moorhead, Mrs Stuckey, Mr Wettenhall.
2. That this resolution has effect not withstanding anything contained in Sessional or Standing Orders.

Issues Paper

Investigation into Altruistic Surrogacy Committee - 6 May 2008

Media Releases

Report published - 8 October 2008

Public Hearings on Surrogacy - 27 June 2008

Queenslanders Speak on Surrogacy - 6 June 2008

Should Surrogacy be a crime? - Parliamentary Committee investigating - 6 May 2008

Report

Investigation into the Decriminalisation and Regulation of Altruistic Surrogacy in Queensland - Tabled 8 October 2008

Ministerial Response

Government Response to the Report of the Investigation into Altruistic Surrogacy Committee - Tabled 23 April 2009

Interim response - Tabled 8 January 2009

Public Hearing Transcripts

• Public Hearing 2 - Tuesday, 8 July 2008
• Public Hearing 1 - Monday, 7 July 2008
   

Submissions: Investigation into Altruistic Surrogacy Select Committee

1. Carolyn and Tony Gaul
2. Ms Amanda Robertson
3. Ms Rosanne Otago
4. Ms Suzie Brereton
5. Ms Lisa McCarthy
6. Ms Leanne Wren
7. Ms Karen Osborne
8. Mr David Bischof
9. Allan and Pauline Mackenzie
10. The Honourable Dean Wells, Member for Murrumba
11. Ms Beryl Holmes, WEL - Brisbane (Reproductive Issues Group)
12. Professor Jenni Millbank and Associate Professor Anita Stuhmcke, Faculty of Law, University of Technology, Sydney
13. Anonymous
14. Mr Deryck Thomas
15. Mr Tony van der Westhuizen
16. Mr Brett Eddie
17. Mr Peter Earnshaw
18. Mr Keith Robinson
19. Mr Rodney Brydon
20. Ms Lyndell Williamson
21. Mr Ric Benson
22. Mr Chris Turner
23. Ms Valerie Bauer
24. Mr Ross Naddei
25. Anonymous
26. Mr David Stevens
27. Anonymous
28. Mr Paul Gratton
29. Mr Steve Burridge
30. Confidential
31. Mr Evan Shelton
32. Peter and Lyn Horn
33. Mrs Samantha Bryan
34. Ms Chyrel Slapp
35. Mr Richard Jones
36. Ms Barbara Coburn
37. Australian Council for Adoption
38. Mr Adrian Gunton
39. Mr Ty Douglas
40. Ms Mel Bolitho
41. Mr David Richards
42. Ms Dorothy Bischof
43. Ms Melanie Douglas
44. Mr Craig Kirk
45. Mr Greg Strahorn
46. Mr Paul Ban, Consultant to the Kupai Omasker Torres Strait Islander Working Group
47. Ms Denise Peterson
48. Anonymous
49. Confidential
50. Queensland Right to Life
51. Ms Tina Artes
52. Ms Fiona Clark
53. Ms Helen Curtis
54. Ms Jasmine Jones
55. Ms Margaret Maag
56. Confidential
57. Dr Martyn Stafford-Bell, Canberra Fertility Centre
58. Mr Doug Espie
59. Professor Lindy Willmott, Faculty of Law, Queensland University of Technology
60. Infertility Answers Inc
61. Ms Christine King
62. Ms Kate Fitzpatrick
63. Anonymous
64. Ms Carmelo Rubio
65. Ms Rachel Kunde, Co-Director, Aussie Egg Donors
66. Salvation Army
67. Advisory Committee on Assisted Reproductive Technology (ACART), New Zealand
68. Australian and New Zealand Infertility Counsellors’ Association
69. Confidential
70. Anonymous
71. Professor Heather Mohay, Developmental Psychologist, Psychology and Counselling, Faculty of Health, Queensland University of Technology
72. Queensland Bioethics Centre, Catholic Archdiocese of Queensland
73. Action Reform Change Queensland (ARCQ)
74. Ms Angela Steel
75. Festival of Light Australia
76. Mr Malcolm Smith, PhD Candidate, Faculty of Law, Queensland University of Technology
77. Australian Association of Social Workers Ltd
78. Confidential
79. Wide Bay Women’s Health Centre Inc
80. Cairns Community Legal Centre Inc
81. The Presbyterian Church of Queensland
82. Ms Bianca Upton
83. Kelly
84. Ms Linda Wright, DGB Lawyers
85. Australian Christian Lobby
86. Mr Brian Robertson
87. Dr Trevor Jordan, Senior Lecturer in Applied Ethics, Humanities Program, Queensland University of Technology
88. Dr Adam Morton
89. Ms Sue Waller
90. Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission
91. Queensland Fertility Group
92. Anonymous
93. Ms Jody Robinson
94. Ms Patti Smith
95. Ms Nina Hughes
96. Ms Susan Mobbs
97. National Health and Medical Research Council
98. The Commission for Children and Young People and Child Guardian
99. Associate Professor Roger Cook, Swinburne University of Technology
100. South Australian Council on Reproductive Technology
101. Ms Nicole Seath
102. Ms Antonia Clissa
103. Women’s Forum Australia
104. Mr Dean Murphy
105. Southern Cross Bioethics Institute
106. Ms Miranda Montrone
107. Gladstone Presbyterian Church
108. Boyne Tannum Christian Church
109. Gladstone Baptist Church
110. Access Australia
111. Ms Belinda Kiem - Addendum
112. Queensland Law Society
113. Dr Sarah Ferber, Senior Lecturer, School of History, Philosophy, Religion and Classics, University of Queensland
114. Jigsaw Queensland Inc
115. Dr Eliana Miller
116. Associate Professor Nicholas Tonti-Filippini
117. Australian Medical Association Queensland
118. Mr Glen and Ms Tiffany Loader
119. Ms Roslyn Lee
120. Donor Conception Support Group of Australia Inc.
121. Warren and Leonie Hewitt
122. Ms Julie De Ross
123. Anonymous
124. Ms Naomi Myerthall
125. Ms Rachael Denington
126. Mrs Kayleen Schwartz
127. Christine, NSW
128. Ms Amanda Hills
129. John H. Butterss
130. Infertility Treatment Authority, Victoria