Register your decision

Anyone in Australia aged 16 and over can register on the Australian Organ Donor Register. It only takes one minute. It is important that your loved ones know that you want to be a donor. Whether you’re a registered donor or not, your family will be asked to confirm your wishes before donation can proceed.

Visit DonateLife: Join the register (external site) to submit a new registration or check if you are already registered.

Learn more about the donation process

Organ and tissue donation can save and enhance the lives of people who, in many cases, are seriously ill or dying.

You can donate some organs and tissues when you are alive, however most organ and tissue donations come from people who have died.

Visit DonateLife: All about donation (external site) for information about who can donate, who will be helped by your donation, how donation works, myths about donation, support for donor families, statistics in Australia, living donation, and donation stories.

Organ donation

Organ donation usually requires death in a hospital, often in intensive care, and can only occur under specific medical conditions.

Eye and tissue donation

Compared to organ donation, many people can become eye and tissue donors because donation doesn’t require death in a hospital or ICU and can occur up to 24 hours after death.

Visit DonateLife: Eye and tissue donation awareness (external site)