Open Letter to Western Australia Premier Colin Barnett Please get tougher on child pornography. I welcome the move to give children stronger protection through the introduction of the Child Exploitation Material and Class ification Legislation Amendment Bill 2009 . Particularly welcome is the proposed prohibition of a wider range of material involving the exploitation of children, child pornography and cruelty to children. However, the Bill could be significant ly improved by making two changes.
Comments on the Draft Surrogacy Bill 2009 to the Director, Strategic Policy Department of Justice and Attorney-General. It involves: Introduction; The nature of surrogacy ; Harms of surrogacy; Harms to the child; Harms to birth parents; Harms to other children; De facto, single and same-sex parents; Depriving children of a mother; Depriving children of a father; Same-sex couples as parents?; Particular matters; Consent and revocation; Genetic testing of a child’s parentage; Conclusion and recommedations; Endnotes.
Submission on the Queensland Government model for the decriminalisation of altruistic surrogacy and the transfer of legal parentage to the Director Strategic Policy Department of Justice and Attorney-General. It involves: Introduction; The nature of surrogacy; Harms of surrogacy; Harms to the child; Harms to birth parents; Harms to other children; De facto, single and same-sex parents; Depriving children of a mother; Depriving children of a father; Same-sex couples as parents?; Particular matters; Consent and revocation; Genetic testing of a child’s parentage; Conclusion and recommedations; Endnotes.
Submission to the Tasmanian Legislative Council on the Relationship (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill 2009 by FamilyVoice Australia. It involves: Introduction;Kids without dads; Same-sex parenting; Depriving children of a father; Same-sex couples as parents?; Instability of lesbian relationships; Conclusion and recommendation; Endnotes.