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Listen to Narelle talk about being a teenager and finding out she was donor-conceived.

VARTA is excited to announce that its 'Donor conception: towards openness' exhibition, held at Melbourne's City Library Gallery in June, has now been permanently housed on the VARTA website. Just as the original exhibition was the first of its kind, so too is this online gallery – a unique collection of art, photography, writing, artefacts and memorabilia provided by people whose lives have been touched by donor conception.

Elizabeth, a parent of three donor-conceived adults born as a result of donor treatment in the late 1970s and early 1980s at the Royal Women's Hospital in Melbourne, recounts her experience of early donor treatment and having donor-conceived children.

Parenting and child well-being in families created using gamete donation Donor treatment often focuses on parents and little is known about how the children conceived fare. This video was filmed at VARTA's seminar 'How are you going? - Experiences of donor conception' (8 April 2013).

Parenting and child well-being in families created using gamete donation Donor treatment often focuses on parents and little is known about how the children conceived fare. This video was filmed at VARTA's seminar 'How are you going? - Experiences of donor conception' (8 April 2013).

As of 31 December 2024, the Victorian Assisted Reproductive Treatment Authority (VARTA) has ceased operations.

VARTA is committed to providing a website that meets the needs of all users of technological or disability needs.

The Board of the Victorian Assisted Reproductive Treatment Authority has appointed Anna MacLeod as the Authority’s new Chief Executive Officer.