Doctors who donated sperm as medical students back in the 1970s and were promised anonymity could be identified by any biological offspring that resulted, under proposed new laws. 

A parliamentary inquiry in Queensland is weighing up whether to follow Victoria’s lead and build a register of historical sperm donors that would allow donor-conceived children to identify their biological parents. 

During the 1970s, medical students were reportedly singled out as potential sperm donors by the pioneering Wickham Terrace clinic in Brisbane, which paid $10 per donation.

At least 30 medical students from the University of Queensland were donors, according to The Courier Mail.