Written submissions were received from:

Aboriginal Legal Service Ltd

Adoption Triangle New South Wales

Ms D L Alan

Anti-Discrimination Board, NSW

Australian Bureau of Statistics

Australian Electoral Commission

Bioethics Unit, Department of Community Services and Health, Cth

Ms P Bolton

Ms L Carpenter

Central Cancer Registry, NSW Cancer Council

Commonwealth Department of Veterans' Affairs

Miss J V Coombs

Department of Community Services and Health. Cth

Department of Health, NSW

Department of Social Security, Cth

Department of Youth and Community Services, NSW

Diocesan Registrar, Anglican Church Diocese of Sydney

Ethnic Affairs Commission of New South Wales

Family Law Council

Mr P H Greenwood

Mr A Hammoud

Health Professionals Registration Boards, Department of Health, NSW

Ms J C King

Land Titles Office. NSW

Law Society of New South Wales

Muslim Women Association

New South Wales Committee on Adoption Inc

Mr A Newman

Obstetric Social Workers. Royal Hospital for Women

Ms G L Perkins

Privacy Committee, NSW

Right to Life Association (NSW) Inc

Royal Norwegian Consulate General

Ms C Sanderson

SANDS (NSW) Stillbirth and Neonatal Death Support

Mr M R Sainty

Society of Australian Genealogists

St George Migrant Resource Centre Ltd

Tiresias House Inc

Ms L Wagland

Mr R Webb

Women’s Co-ordination Unit. NSW

Mr M J Woodbridge

The author of one submission wished to remain anonymous.

In addition to written submissions, the Commission was assisted greatly by

the advice and oral submissions from a number of persons and organisations:

Adoption Branch, Department of Family and Community Services

Archives Office of New South Wales

Archivist, Anglican Church Diocese of Sydney

Australian Bureau of Statistics

Ms U Baileys, Department of Health NSW

British Consulate-General

Associate Professor R Chisholm

Department of Foreign Affairs

Federal Republic of Germany Consulate-General

New Zealand Consulate-General

Mr P Orlovich

Principal Registrar and staff, Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages, NSW

Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, ACT

Professor R Shearman

Ms P Slaytor

Society of Australian Genealogists

Swiss Consulate-General

Ms J Talty

Ms A Tan