- Australian states and territories have implemented procedures to facilitate access to birth registration and certificates, which under Australia's federated structure is a jurisdictional responsibility.
- ACT introduced revised Births, Deaths and Marriages policies, easing access to identity documents through relief from associated fees and having greater regard to First Nations peoples kinship family structures.
- NSW partners with non-government organisations to provide birth registration and birth certificate services to vulnerable persons in areas with high birth rates and low registration rates. NSW Government partners with Pathfinders to deliver the National Aboriginal Birth Certificate program and provides a quantity of free birth certificates for Indigenous clients. The partnership helps identify unregistered births of First Nations children.
- NT operates a Remote and Regional Circuit Program (since 2017) in rural and remote areas, issuing approximately 1,400 birth certificates across many remote communities.
- QLD is implementing Closing the Registration Gap Strategy and Action Plan (2021-2024) to improve the birth registration rate for First Nations children. At March 2023, 83% of First Nations children born in 2022 were registered within one year of birth (increased from 78% in 2020 before the strategy commenced). QLD 'Our Kids Count' campaign provides parents, caregivers and partners living in rural, remote and regional communities, with face-to-face support from service providers in their community, to assist with registering births.
- SA has online and hardcopy birth registration. Registration is free but birth certificates have fees, which can be waived upon supporting evidence of financial or other hardship. SA regularly engages with support services including Link-Up and Relationships Australia to assist Indigenous communities with access to services.
- TAS has an online birth registration service to improve accessibility and coverage for residents in remote and rural areas to facilitate access to birth certificates. There are no penalties for late registrations.
- VIC supports First Nations communities' access to services, including mobile registration services and visits to communities to assist with registering births. The Marguk-bulok koolin‑ik Team works to support First Nations community access births, deaths and marriage services.
- The federal Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages launched an Online Birth Registration Portal to provide accessible assistance to regional and remote communities registering births. The digital platform streamlines the birth registration process and the Registry improves access to vital services. The Registry continued its participation in the Department of Justice's Aboriginal Justice Open Days and interagency Community Service Delivery Days to increase remote and regional communities' access to identity documents and registration services.