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The incidence of non-therapeutic circumcision of children in Australia has continued to diminish. 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 |last=Cozijn |first=John |accessdate=2019-10-28}}</ref>
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Oddly enough, The federal Medicare programme still pays a subsidy of AU$35.45 for non-therapeutic circumcision.<ref>{{REFweb
|url=http://www9.health.gov.au/mbs/fullDisplay.cfm?type=item&q=30654&qt=item
|last=Darby
|first=Robert
|author-link=Robert Darby |etal=yesno
|title=Scientific Advice, Traditional Practices and the Politics of Health-Care: The Australian Debate over Public Funding of
Non-Therapeutic Circumcision, 1985
}}</ref>
The incidence of non-therapeutic circumcision of children in Australia has continued to diminish. 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
|last=Cozijn
|first=John
|accessdate=2019-10-28
}}</ref>
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