When it prepared the 2026 ART licensing regulation, Queensland Health counted 24 accredited ART units run by 8 providers in the state (February 2026). Since 2026 those providers need a Queensland Health licence to keep operating. No Queensland-only cycle or success figures are published, so the outcome data below are national.
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Accredited ART units (clinics) | 24, run by 8 providers (February 2026) |
| Who holds the licence | The provider, not individual doctors, for 1 or 3 years |
| Clinical rule | A qualified medical practitioner must perform or supervise every ART procedure |
| Deadline for existing providers | Apply by 1 June 2026 or stop operating from 2 June 2026 |
| Licence fees paid by providers (2025-26 values) | Initial licence A$3,643; one-year further licence A$1,091; three-year further licence A$3,278 |
Sources: Queensland Health, ART Regulation 2026 Summary Impact Analysis Statement (February 2026) and Licensing ART providers (February 2026). Licence fees are what clinics pay the regulator, not patient prices.
We did not find an official public list of licensed Queensland providers, so ask any clinic you consider to confirm its licence.
The national registry ANZARD publishes no breakdown by state. For Australia as a whole in 2024 it counted 97 ART units, 104,721 treatment and lab-only cycles (18.5 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 44) and 18,519 liveborn babies. For Australia and New Zealand combined, the live birth rate per initiated thaw cycle with the woman's own eggs was 33.1% across all ages, from 40.8% under 30 to 12.2% at 45 and over.
These are averages. Ask each Queensland clinic for its own results for women your age, and check with the clinic and Medicare what you will pay, because prices and rules change.
A licence tells you a clinic may operate. Map to the Positive adds the criteria for judging the professional. On the technical side: specialty training in reproductive medicine, real experience with your type of case, and access to a reliable hormone lab, transvaginal ultrasound, a hysterosalpingogram for the tubes and fast referral to assisted reproduction.
The book notes that large clinics tend to have more infrastructure, such as an in-house lab and IVF on site, while private practices tend to offer longer, more personal appointments. Neither is better in itself: what matters is the professional.
Choosing the right doctor is Chapter 31 of Map to the Positive, in Station IV. It also covers the human signs of a good professional, the questions to ask at the first appointment and when to seek a second opinion. The same station explains the treatment ladder and IVF phase by phase.
Take 30 days. If it does not give you more clarity than everything you have read for free so far, ask for a refund and you get every cent back. We cannot promise you a pregnancy. We can promise you will not be guessing.
References: Assisted Reproductive Technology Regulation 2026 - Summary Impact Analysis Statement (Queensland Health) (2026-02) · Licensing ART providers - Queensland Health (2026-02-24) · Assisted reproductive technology in Australia and New Zealand 2024 (ANZARD annual report), NPESU UNSW (2026-08) · Assisted reproductive technology in Australia and New Zealand 2024: Supplementary tables, NPESU UNSW (2026-08)