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The several Australian states operate public hospitals. By 2008 all public hospitals in all states no longer offered non-therapeutic [[circumcision ]] to patients.<ref>{{REFnews
|title=Cosmetic circumcision banned
|url=http://www.cirp.org/news/theadvertiser2007-11-12/
|accessdate=2019-11-02
}}</ref>
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|title=Circumcision on the MBS
|accessdate=2020-09-27
}}</ref>-->
===Continuing decline in practice of non-therapeutic circumcision===
Na, Tanny & Hutson (2015) discussed the matter of non-therapeutic circumcision of children in Australia. They concluded:
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The incidence of non-therapeutic [[circumcision ]] of children in Australia has continued to diminish. [[Circumcision Info Australia| Circumcision Information Australia]] (2017) reported an incidence of infant circumcision of 9.66 percent in fiscal 2015.<ref>{{REFweb
|url=http://www.circinfo.org/statistics.html
|title=Incidence and prevalence of circumcision in Australia