Federal health minister Greg Hunt on Thursday said the government had agreed, or agreed in principle, to all 16 recommendations contained in the Senate Select Committee on Stillbirth Research and Education Report, including the development of a National Stillbirth Action Plan and $52.4 million more in funding for perinatal services.

The rate of stillbirth in Australia has been largely unchanged for two decades at an average of about six babies a day.

In adopting the recommendations, the government has also agreed to consider changing the Fair Work Act to make private companies offer employees who experience stillbirth their full paid parental leave entitlement.

Currently, any blood tests performed on stillborn babies do not qualify for Medicare rebates, but the report recommends the government look at the costs and benefits of adding stillbirth autopsies as a new Medicare item.

A senate inquiry held in the lead-up to the report's publication heard that government funding of $4000 per autopsy would provide an answer for up to 50 per cent of cases involving stillbirth or congenital abnormalities leading to death.

Megan Gaffney from Bloss, a Riverina pregnancy and baby loss support group, has welcomed the government's commitment.

Ms Gaffney and other Bloss members discussed the issue with Senator Kristina Keneally when she visited Wagga in March.

Senator Keneally, whose daughter Caroline was stillborn, was a major force behind the Senate inquiry.

Ms Gaffney said changes such as allowing grieving parents to take parental leave entitlements would be beneficial.

"It will allow people to grieve and just have that space where they can find out where their 'new normal' is," she said.

"If more research could save one family, that's incredible, but imagine over the next few decades what we could potentially see."