Recommendation 171
Further strengthen efforts towards birth regulation for all, with a view to encouraging access to relevant procedures
State
Turkey
Issue
Equal access to services
Birth registration
Population group
Children
Australian Government Agency and/or Jurisdiction
• Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
• States and territories
• States and territories
Australia's Response
Accepts
Australia's Position
Birth registration is the responsibility of state and territory governments. The Australian Government also funded the mobile, Indigenous-led Pathfinders National Aboriginal Birth Certificate Program which provided free birth certificates to eligible applicants and assistance for registering their child's birth. The program funded 7500 birth certificates between 2015 and 2017 in Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria. The objective of the activity was to provide necessary registration and birth certificate documents for children to ensure they could access education.
For information about state and territory birth registration, visit:
- Australian Capital Territory – Access Canberra
- New South Wales – Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages
- Northern Territory – Births, Deaths and Marriages
- Queensland – Queensland Government
- South Australia – Consumer and Business Services
- Tasmania – Births, Deaths and Marriages
- Victoria – Births, Deaths and Marriages
- Western Australia – Department of Justice