How to register as organ donor?

In Australia, people can register as an organ donor by following one option from a number of options. However, the registration is fully voluntary.

Around 1400 people are on Australian transplant waiting lists at any one time. Source: Getty Images

To register, you can:

• Use your Medicare online account through myGov website;
• Use the Express Plus Medicare mobile app;
• Register through the online form on the DonateLife website;
• Download a registration form from the Department of Human Services website;
• Telephone [phone] (Mon-Fri, 8.30am – 5pm local time);
• Visit your local Service Centre, where you can pick up a Donor Register brochure and registration form; or
• Request a registration form to be mailed to you by emailing your full name and postal address to [e-mail].