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Australians will automatically have their organs donated after they die under a new proposal.
The policy, which is being considered by MPs, assumes everyone is an organ donor unless they've filled out official documents to opt-out.
The proposed changes would help to close in on the illegal trade of organ donation, the Sunday Telegraph reported.
Australians who receive an illegal transplant overseas would be criminalised when they return to Australia, as recommended by federal MPs proposing changes to the laws.
Doctors would also be required to report suspicions their patient accessed an illegal donation overseas.
In 2016, the Sunday Telegraph reported almost 100 Australians travelled overseas to acquire an organ transplant on the black market.
In some instances they paid up to $250,000 for a kidney transplant.
The illegal trade of organ transplants is driven by a shortage of donations.
A parliamentary inquiry wants Australia to consider implementing the opt-out system - in a bid to prevent illegal overseas trade.
Seven of the top 10 organ donating countries in the world have used the opt-out system for a number of years.
Two others have adopted the policy in the past year.
The Human Organ Trafficking and Organ Transplant Tourism report, which was tabled in parliament on Monday December 3, revealed Australians turn to the illicit market as the demand for organs outweighs the number of donors.
There are almost 1500 on the Australian organ transplant waiting list with two thirds, 1003, requiring kidney transplants.
'Desperate people, often facing end-stage renal disease and other grave conditions, may travel to distant countries and pay tens of thousands of dollars and more, for an organ transplant where the donor is poor, exploited or unable to give free and informed consent to donation,' the report reads.
The report recommended the government work to engage Australian people as donors as only one in three are currently registered as donors - despite a majority claiming they would donate when they die.
While organ donation needs to increase, the report warns organ supply will struggle to meet demand in the near future suggesting the nation should focus on addressing illegal organ trafficking.
The policy, which is being considered by MPs, assumes everyone is an organ donor unless they've filled out official documents to opt-out.
The proposed changes would help to close in on the illegal trade of organ donation, the Sunday Telegraph reported.
Australians who receive an illegal transplant overseas would be criminalised when they return to Australia, as recommended by federal MPs proposing changes to the laws.
Doctors would also be required to report suspicions their patient accessed an illegal donation overseas.
In 2016, the Sunday Telegraph reported almost 100 Australians travelled overseas to acquire an organ transplant on the black market.
In some instances they paid up to $250,000 for a kidney transplant.
The illegal trade of organ transplants is driven by a shortage of donations.
A parliamentary inquiry wants Australia to consider implementing the opt-out system - in a bid to prevent illegal overseas trade.
Seven of the top 10 organ donating countries in the world have used the opt-out system for a number of years.
Two others have adopted the policy in the past year.
The Human Organ Trafficking and Organ Transplant Tourism report, which was tabled in parliament on Monday December 3, revealed Australians turn to the illicit market as the demand for organs outweighs the number of donors.
There are almost 1500 on the Australian organ transplant waiting list with two thirds, 1003, requiring kidney transplants.
'Desperate people, often facing end-stage renal disease and other grave conditions, may travel to distant countries and pay tens of thousands of dollars and more, for an organ transplant where the donor is poor, exploited or unable to give free and informed consent to donation,' the report reads.
The report recommended the government work to engage Australian people as donors as only one in three are currently registered as donors - despite a majority claiming they would donate when they die.
While organ donation needs to increase, the report warns organ supply will struggle to meet demand in the near future suggesting the nation should focus on addressing illegal organ trafficking.