Australia's mothers and babies

This section provides contact details and information on the latest reports for each state and territory.

New South Wales

NSW Perinatal Data Collection 

Mr George Doukas
Director, Centre for Epidemiology and Evidence
NSW Ministry of Health
Locked Bag 2030
St Leonards NSW 1590

Email: [email protected]

NSW Perinatal Death Review 

Dr Patricia Bradd
Director Patient Safety, Clinical Excellence Commission

Email: [email protected]

Latest report

Centre for Epidemiology and Evidence (2025) New South Wales mothers and babies 2023, Sydney: New South Wales Ministry of Health, NSW Government.

Additional summary data from the NSW Perinatal Data Collection are available on HealthStats NSW.

Victoria

Professor Mark Umstad
Chair, Consultative Council on Obstetric and Paediatric Mortality and Morbidity (CCOPMM)
Safer Care Victoria
GPO Box 4003
Melbourne Vic 3001

Email: [email protected]
Website: Safer Care Victoria - Better Safer Care

Latest report

Consultative Council on Obstetric and Paediatric Mortality and Morbidity (CCOPMM) (2025) CCOPMM 2024 annual report - For births and perinatal, maternal and child and adolescent deaths in Victoria in 2023. Safer Care Victoria, Victorian Government.

Available at CCOPMM 2024 annual report - For births and perinatal, maternal and child and adolescent deaths in Victoria in 2023 | Safer Care Victoria.

Queensland

Ms Megan Kronk
Senior Director
Statistical Services Branch
Healthcare Purchasing and System Performance Division
Queensland Health
Queensland Government
GPO Box 48
Brisbane Qld 4001

Email: [email protected]
Website: Queensland Health

Latest report

Queensland Department of Health (Statistical Services Branch) (2024) Queensland Perinatal Statistics 2022, Brisbane: Queensland Health, Queensland Government.

Western Australia

Ms Maureen Hutchinson
Principal Data Management Officer
Maternal and Child Health
Information & Performance Governance Unit
Purchasing & System Performance Division
Department of Health, Western Australia
189 Royal Street
East Perth WA 6004

Phone: (08) 6373 1882
Fax: (08) 9222 4408
Email: [email protected]
Website: Western Australia Department of Health

Latest reports

• Ballestas T (on behalf of the Perinatal and Infant Mortality Committee of Western Australia) (2022) The 16th report of the Perinatal and Infant Mortality Committee of Western Australia, 2014–2018, Perth: Department of Health, Western Australia.
• Hutchinson M, Joyce A & Bonner D (2021) Western Australia’s mothers and babies, 2016: 34^th Annual report of the Western Australian Midwives’ Notification System, Perth: Department of Health, Western Australia.

Additional summary data from the WA Perinatal Data Collection are available at Perinatal and infant mortality in Western Australia.

South Australia

Dr Jason Bennie
Director
Preventive Health SA
PO Box 287, Rundle Mall
Adelaide SA 5000

Phone: (08) 7117 9194
Fax: (08) 8226 6672
Email: [email protected]
Website: Preventive health SA

Latest reports

• Pregnancy Outcome Unit, Preventive Health SA (2025), Maternal and Perinatal Mortality in South Australia 2022, Adelaide: Pregnancy Outcome Unit, Preventive Health SA.
• Pregnancy Outcome Unit, Preventive Health SA (2025), Pregnancy Outcome in South Australia 2023, Adelaide: Pregnancy Outcome Unit, Preventive Health SA.
• South Australian Abortion Reporting Committee, Preventive Health SA (2025), Annual Report for the Year 2024, Adelaide: South Australian Abortion Reporting Committee, Preventive Health SA.

Tasmania

Mr Jeramie Spong
Manager Health Information
Monitoring Reporting and Analysis
Policy, Purchasing, Performance and Reform
Department of Health Tasmania
GPO Box 125B
4/22 Elizabeth Street
Hobart Tas 7000
Phone: (03) 6166 1057

Website: Tasmanian Government Department of Health

Latest report

Tasmania Council of Obstetric and Paediatric Mortality and Morbidity (2025) Annual report 2024-25, Tasmanian Department of Health, Tasmanian Government.

Please contact Jo Jordan for a copy of the annual report via [email protected]

Australian Capital Territory

Michelle Waterford
Acting Chief Health Data Officer
Data Analytics Branch
Policy, Partnerships and Programs Division
ACT Health Directorate
GPO Box 825
Canberra ACT 2601

Email: [email protected]
Website: ACT Government Health

Latest report

Summary data from the ACT Maternal Perinatal Data Collection are available on HealthStats ACT.

Northern Territory

Leanne O’Neil and Lin Li 
Health Statistics and Informatics
NT Health
PO Box 40596
Casuarina NT 0811

Phone: (08) 8985 8086
Email: [email protected]
Website: NT Health

Latest reports

• Sim S, Li L, Hill S & O’Neil L (2025). Northern Territory Midwives’ Collection Mothers and Babies 2021. Darwin: NT Health.
• Sunil B, Li L, Wright A & O’Neil L (2025). Trends in the health of mothers and babies: Northern Territory 1986-2020. Darwin: NT Health.