by | Mar 21, 2026 | News & Media Releases, Royal Commission Into Adoption
Why is a Royal Commission into ADOPTION needed? The deep and ongoing harm to adopted people from adoption and adoption practices has never been investigated or examined on a national scale in Australia. The 2011-2012 Senate Inquiry into Forced Adoption was an inquiry...
by | Jan 22, 2026 | Adoptee Rights & Legislation, Submissions
Analysis of Proposed Legislative Amendment The Regulatory Legislation Amendment (Reform) Bill 2025 - changes to the Adoption Act 1984 (Vic) Changes have recently been made to adoption legislation in Victoria – with no public notification or consultation. The...
by | Nov 28, 2025 | Adoptee Rights & Legislation
𝐀𝐑𝐀’𝐬 𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐒 𝐐𝐔𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 𝐭𝐨 𝐇𝐎𝐋𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐅𝐄𝐃𝐄𝐑𝐀𝐋 𝐆𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐍𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐓𝐎 𝐀𝐂𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐓 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐊 𝐎𝐅 𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐀𝐝𝐨𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐅𝐄𝐃𝐄𝐑𝐀𝐋 𝐆𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐍𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐌𝐈𝐒𝐄𝐒 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐑𝐓𝐀𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐒 – 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐑𝐄𝐃𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐒. Adoptee Rights Australia (ARA) Inc has been working with...
by | Aug 30, 2025 | Submissions
The Department for Child Protection (DCP, the Department) Draft Suicide Prevention ActionPlan is framed around staff, children, young people, carers and families. While ARA Inc. agrees that it is crucial that these groups are included, key groups with substantial...
by | Aug 10, 2025 | Submissions
The Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) was asked to inquire into surrogacy laws. Adoptee Rights Australia Inc. identified several crossover issues between adopted persons and those born through surrogacy arrangements. In the submission, ARA Inc. spoke of:...
