By Cindy Tran For Daily Mail Australia and Freya Noble For Daily Mail Australia Two high profile Australian women broke their silence on Wednesday over the controversy surrounding baby Gammy - the disabled boy born via surrogacy who was allegedly abandoned by an Australian couple in Thailand. Providing very different perspectives on the ordeal - one touched on Australian surrogacy laws, while the other focused on adoption in a global sense. Before hosting the Gourmet Traveller Awards at the Sydney Opera House on Wednesday evening, Weekend Today host Leila McKinnon told Daily Mail Australia she believes Australia should look at tackling commercial surrogacy as a nationwide issue.
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Leila McKinnon said Australia should introduce commercial surrogacy
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Added that it should be tackled as a national issue
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Deborra-Lee Furness said  'Baby Gammy happens every minute in Africa'
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She and husband Hugh Jackman had adopted two children
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When asked what her opinion was on the controversial topic of Thai surrogacy, she said she couldn't pass judgement on surrogacy
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She added she hopes Gammy gets a good home and soon
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