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Australian Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation Authority
OTA · Organ and Tissue Authority · DonateLife
1 January 2009 – present
Leads the national program to increase organ and tissue donation for transplantation, funding the DonateLife Network of hospital-based donation specialists and running national community awareness programs.
How it came into existence
Established on 1 January 2009 under the Australian Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation Authority Act 2008, as part of the national organ and tissue donation reform package announced in July 2008, taking over organ and tissue donation programs from the Department of Health and Ageing.
- Organ and tissue donation programs
Legislation: Australian Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation Authority Act 2008
Main functions
- National leadership of organ and tissue donation
- Funding of the DonateLife Network
- Community awareness and education (DonateLife)
- Clinical practice improvement and data on donation
- Support for donor families
Where it sits
In the portfolio of Department of Health, Disability and Ageing.
- Type of body
- Non-corporate Commonwealth entity
- Portfolio
- Health, Disability and Ageing
- Accountable authority
- Chief Executive Officer – Australian Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation Authority Act 2008 section 8(4)(b)
- ABN
- 56 253 405 315
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Sources
Primary sources
- List of Commonwealth entities and companies under the PGPA Act, 1 July 2026 (Department of Finance) (as Organ and Tissue Authority)
- Australian Government Organisations Register (Department of Finance, data.gov.au) (listed from 11 December 2014 to the latest release (30 June 2026))