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ARA submission to the SA Human Rights Act Inquiry

The submission is number 121 on the Social Development Committee webpage. Submission to the South Australian Parliament’s Social Development Committee, Inquiry into the potential for a Human Rights Act for South Australia 26th February 2024 Adoptee Rights Australia...
In Search of Family

In Search of Family

by Carol Maney Many say that “things happen for a reason”. For adults that may be true, but for children I believe things just happen – to them; babies and children have no control, say or choice. They are in the hands of whoever have their hands on them, at any...

Adult adoptees silenced in Parliamentary Adoption Inquiry

The Commonwealth government is years behind Europe in adoption research and practices and they are silencing adoptees in Australia who have lived experience of adoption, according to Adoption Rights Australia (ARA).Head of the Parliamentary Committee Inquiry on Local...

Media Release: Launching Adoptee Rights Australia Inc. (ARA)

ARA aims to fulfil the urgent need in Australia for a national adoptee representative peak body run by, and for, adopted people. To date, other stakeholders’ views have been prioritised and ARA was formed in response to a longstanding need to have our voices heard in...