Ok I have just read some more into it. Does that mean it will now be possible for a woman to be a surroagte for a family she didn't know or have a good relationship with prior to the surrogacy? (Provided no money etc would be exchanged) I hope so as there would be women out there in Australia willing to do this and my awareness was that legally its still not possible (unless its passed through the ethics committee and meets all their stipulations) After I have my family I want to do it for my SIL. Although my only tube is bodgy (hence why I can't get pregnant) there is no other reason why I couldn't carry her child using IVF. I could donate my eggs (once again once I finish my family) but I couldn't carry my own biological child and then hand it over to the to be parents.