Adoption
Inside Australia’s adoption process
Statistics have shown that inter-country adoption in Australia can have a lengthy process of up to four years. Lobbyists are......
Laws allow same sex couples to adopt in Queensland…again
This week, Queensland has passed amendments that will allow singles and same sex couples to adopt children. But adopting a......
Foster system failure: is it time to adopt a new policy?
Adoption in Australia is rare, with many pro-adoption groups claiming the extensive adoption process is to blame. In 2015, fewer......
Time to adopt change as adoption rates fall
The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare today released a report that shows adoption rates have fallen dramatically over the......
Intercountry adoption COAG piority
The federal government has given us a lot of doom and gloom the past few weeks, with bleak budget outlooks......
Awareness week shines light on Australian adoption hurdles
There are over 13 million children in the world without parents…. and more than 18 thousand children in Australian foster......
Forced adoption apology
In the sixties and seventies, thousands of young pregnant women were forced to give their children up for adoption. Today......
Queensland Government apologises for forced adoptions
The Queensland Government has apologised this afternoon for forced adoptions that occurred from the late 1950s to the mid 1970s.......
NSW Apologises for Forced Adoptions
New South Wales today joined South Australia, the Australian Capital Territory and Western Australia in apologising to those directly affected......
‘Sorry Day’ for SA victims of forced adoption policy
Today the South Australian Parliament held a special sitting to formally apologise to the families affected by forced adoption between......