There is little to stop Australian men or women from bringing intothe country a child born to a surrogate mother overseas providing one ofthe ''intended'' parents has a genetic link to the child and the birthmother has formally relinquished her rights.
In these situations, the Department of Immigration and Citizenship hasadopted the practice of conferring citizenship on the child even thoughthe laws on the matter are complex, uncertain and contradictory.
Jenni Millbank, a professor of law at the University of TechnologySydney and an expert in surrogacy law, described the legal situationaround surrogacy as chaotic and the Australian approach as a ''manifestfailure''. Read More
