In Australia it is illegal to engage in a Commercial Surrogacy Agreement, it is also illegal to advertise for a Surrogate or to financially benefit from setting up a Surrogacy arrangement, as such there are no agents working in the domestic Australian Surrogacy Market.

With varying State laws on advertising for a surrogate, or for those offering to be a surrogate it is important to check your home state legislation before engaging in advertising of any sort.

State-Based Laws In relation to Altruistic & Commercial Surrogacy

State	Surrogates own eggs allowed	Able to advertise for surrogate/offer to carry?	Single Intended Parents eligible?	Gay couples eligible?	Can surrogate claim lost income?	Surrogate needs to have had child of her own?	Ban on overseas compensated surrogacy?	Min age of (at least one) intended parent	Min age of surrogate
QLD	√	×	×	√	√	×	since 1988	25 yrs	25 yrs
NSW	√	Unpaid ads only	√	√	√	×	since 2011	18 yrs	25 yrs
ACT	×	×	×	×	?	×	since 2004	18 yrs	18 yrs
VIC	√	×	√	√	×	√	×	18 yrs	25 yrs
TAS	√	×	√	√	√	×	×	21 yrs	25 yrs
SA	×	Unpaid ads only	×	×	×	×	×	18 yrs	18 yrs
WA	×	Unpaid ads only	×	×	√ for 2 months	√	×	25 yrs	25 yrs
NT	√	No law	No law	√	√	×	×	unspecified	unspecified

Family & Reproductive Law Specialists

The following have particular expertise in surrogacy arrangements

Name	Firm	State
Ben Smith	Berry Family Law	VIC
Ben Sayer	Sayer Jones	VIC
Monica Blizzard	KHQ Lawyers	VIC
Sarah Jefford	Sarah Jefford lawyers	VIC
Stephen Page	Page Provan	QLD
Kate Cherry	Cherry Family Law	QLD
Shannon Daykin	Daykin Family Law	QLD
Lucy Thomas	Paterson Dowding	WA
Marty Cavanagh	Kavanagh Lawyers	WA
Rachel Oakeley	Barrister	WA
Alfonso Layson	Sarah Bevan Family lawyers	NSW
Cassandra Kalpaxis	Kalpaxis Legal	NSW
Nicole Aghabi	Sydney Surrogacy Lawyers	NSW
Nicholas Stewart	Dowson Turco	NSW
Kate Bishop	Culshaw Miller	SA
Julie Redman	Adelta Legal	SA