• Information about DonateLife Week
• Key facts
• Key messages
• Call to action
• Downloadable resources
• Video and b-roll
• Radio scripts
• Case studies and spokespeople
• Media releases
• Contact information

What is DonateLife Week? 

Australia’s main national awareness raising week for organ and tissue donation. It runs from Sunday 27 July to Sunday 3 August 2025. 

How can we help your reporting? 

We can help journalists and producers create compelling DonateLife Week stories by linking you with strong case studies, spokespeople and medical experts from across Australia. 

Below you’ll find key messages, interesting statistics and facts, downloadable b-roll and contacts. 

How can you help DonateLife Week? 

Please include one of the following at the end of any news reports: 

• Be the reason someone else gets a second chance at life by registering as an organ and tissue donor at donatelife.gov.au or through your Medicare account.
• Register today as an organ and tissue donor. It only takes one minute at donatelife.gov.au or through your Medicare account. 

When possible, add a QR code that links to our registration page: donatelife.gov.au/register 

Key facts 

• We know that 4 in 5 Australians say they support donation, but only 1 in 3 are registered on the Australian Organ Donor Register. 
• Around 8 in 10 of families say yes to donation when you are registered, but this drops to 4 in 10 when they don’t know what you want.
• One organ donor can save the lives of up to 7 people and change the lives of many more through eye and tissue donation.
• There are currently around 1,800 Australians on the waitlist for an organ transplant and 14,000 more on dialysis for kidney failure who need Australia’s help. 

More information:

• Deceased organ donation in Australia (April 2025)
• Key statistics about donation (2024 data set)
• All about organ and tissue donation
• Understanding the facts and busting the myths (PDF)

Key messages

• DonateLife Week (Sunday 27 July to Sunday 3 August) is Australia’s major public awareness week to encourage more Australians to sign up and support organ and tissue donation.
• We want all Australians to register as organ and tissue donors and be the reason someone else gets a second chance at life.
• Sadly, around 50 people die each year waiting for a transplant.  

Call to action:

Radio scripts 

We have a series of radio scripts including 15-second, 30-second, 45-second and 60-second reads.

Download our live read radio scripts

Media releases

Media releases will be linked here when published.