In late 2006, the Standing Committee of Attorney's General (SCAG) released for consultation, draft national,
uniform legislation 'Children with Intellectual Disabilities (Regulation of Sterilisation) Bill 2006', which sets
out the procedures that jurisdictions could adopt in authorising the sterilisation of children who have an
intellectual disability. The Standing Committee of Attorneys-General (SCAG), is the national ministerial council made up of the
Australian Attorney-General and the State and Territory Attorneys-General. SCAG provides a forum
for Attorneys-General to discuss and progress matters of mutual interest. It seeks to achieve uniform
or harmonised action within the portfolio responsibilities of its members. A number of organisations provided submissions in response to the
Draft Children with Intellectual Disabilities (Regulation of Sterilisation) Bill 2006, and
some provided Women With Disabilities Australia (WWDA) with a copy of their Submission for our records. These are avialble here.
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