Dr Jo-Ann Sparrow is a lived experience advocate, the president of Jigsaw Queensland and host of the podcast the Adopt Perspective Adoption Podcast reaching 60,000+ listeners in 45 countries. Jigsaw Queensland is an organisation that provides information, emotional support, referrals, advocacy and awareness for those that have been impacted by adoption The organisation is also turning 50 this year and over the years have seen the rise of enquiries from donor conceived people who are seeking information.

Resources mentioned in the episode

Jigsaw Queensland:https://www.jigsawqueensland.com/

Adopt Perspective Adoption Podcast on Spotify:

https://open.spotify.com/show/5V91CyLisYy557xsxwykQj

Adopt Perspective Adoption Podcast on Youtube:

https://www.youtube.com/@AdoptPerspectivePodcast

Donor Conceived Australia:

https://dca-au-v2.squarespace.com/

Australian Facebook group - follow banner instructions to get to the secret group:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1191138000899264

Donor conception registers: Origin Archives Help Page:

https://www.evielucas.com/originarchiveshelp

Dr Giselle Newton is a donor conceived person, digital health sociologist and researcher at the University of Queensland. She’s someone who has accumulated a great deal of knowledge of donor conceived community and the community at large in the online space, as well as past and evolving legislative reform in Australia across multiple states.

Dr Giselle Newtons work & Links:

Links:

University of Queensland Bio:

https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/39049

Research: QLD agrees to allow DCP the right to know:

https://stories.uq.edu.au/research/2023/queensland-agrees-to-allow-donor-conceived-people-right-to-know/index.html

Embodied Sociotechnical imaginaries: How DCP Imagine Identity, Family & Reprodigital Futures Beyond Regulation:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38283654/

UNSW Research Article: DCP discovering They're DC via DNA testing:

https://www.unsw.edu.au/newsroom/news/2020/07/australians-are-discovering-they-are-donor-conceived-via-direct-

4 Things to think about when looking for a sperm donor:

https://theconversation.com/looking-for-a-sperm-donor-online-4-things-to-think-about-first-246888

People Have a Right to Know:

https://stories.uq.edu.au/contact-magazine/contact-magazine/donor-conception/index.html

Origin Archives Research Page:

https://www.evielucas.com/originarchivesresearch

Links to all information mentioned in this Episode:ABC and Four Corners Featuring the Gunn Family 2024:https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-06-24/ivf-clinic-qfg-used-wrong-sperm-fertility-industry-four-corners/104007234ABC: Gunns asking Health Minister to intervenehttps://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06-17/queensland-minister-asked-to-intervene-dispute-ferility-group/105422484Four Corners Episode 2024 featuring the Gunn family:https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-06-24/when-ivf-goes-wrong/104016232Four Corners News Bulletin including Anastasia Gunn:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjT4pcTLqZACalls for a national register ABC featuring the Gunn Family:https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06-12/calls-for-ivf-regulation-after-monash-embryo-mix-up/105404146Seven News Bulletin including Anastasia Gunn:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAydF0dc8YYThe Project episode including Anastasia Gunn:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqTGKPZWopAMonash IVF launches internal investigation after wrong embryo transferred to patient in Melbourne ABC articlehttps://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06-10/monash-ivf-incorrect-embryo-transfer-clayton-asx-announceme/105397894Queensland health officials monitoring Monash IVF after embryo transfer bunglehttps://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-12/queensland-health-watching-monash-ivf-after-embryo-bungle/105169614ABC Article on Virtus Audit 2020 of 99.8% high risk for misidentification:https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-02/99-percent-donor-sperm-high-risk-queensland-fertility-group/105720904The Guardian and misidentification risk:https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/jul/03/mass-purge-of-frozen-sperm-donations-ordered-as-queensland-audit-exposes-misidentification-riskEthical questions and IVF Industry Reckoning:https://www.abc.net.au/religion/people-not-products-ethical-questions-ivf-scandals/105439014Multiple Bungles, independent review ABC article:https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08-20/monash-ivf-embryo-bungle-review-brisbane-melbourne/105675124Sarah Lensen’s research in ABC article:https://www.abc.net.au/news/health/2026-06-24/ivf-australia-add-on-treatment/106818036Sarah Lensen’s evidence-based IVF information website:https://www.unimelb.edu.au/ivfNSQHS Survey open until 6th September 2026 (still feel free to reach out to them after this time):https://www.safetyandquality.gov.au/news-and-media/consultations/draft-national-safety-and-quality-standards-for-assisted-reproductive-technology-services-consultation-paperQueensland Government Statement on Donor Conception 2023:https://statements.qld.gov.au/statements/97266REPORT NO. 33, 57TH PARLIAMENT - INQUIRY INTO MATTERS RELATING TO DONOR CONCEPTION INFORMATION 2022:https://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/Work-of-Committees/Committees/Committee-Details?cid=0&id=4150REPORT NO. 14, 57TH PARLIAMENT - ASSISTED REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGY BILL 2024:https://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/Work-of-Committees/Committees/Committee-Details?cid=250&id=44192025 Rapid review findings into the ART and IVF industry in Australia including RTAC:https://www.health.gov.au/resources/publications/rapid-review-of-assisted-reproductive-technology-and-in-vitro-fertilisation-regulation-and-accreditation-in-australia?language=en2010 Senate Inquiry Findings into Donor Conception Practices in Australia:https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Legal_and_Constitutional_Affairs/Completed_inquiries/2010-13/donorconception/report/indexMake a complaint to the office at the Health Ombudsman in QLD (google your state based Health Ombudsman if not in Queensland):https://www.oho.qld.gov.au/make-a-complaintOrigin Archives Website for all donor conception registers within Australia & All other resources available at Origin Archives:https://www.evielucas.com/originarchives