by | Dec 30, 2018 | Submissions
Submission by Adoptee Rights Australia, Inc, to the ACT Government’s discussion paper:DISPENSING WITH CONSENT “The ACT Government would like to understand whether the legislation in this area should be changed and if so, how best practice may be achieved.” Adoptee...
by | Dec 12, 2018 | Research, Reports, Articles
by Elizabeth Russell On Tuesday 27th November 2018, the Federal Liberal MP for Chisolm, Ms Julia Banks, resigned from the Liberal party and announced her intention to continue serving the Australian people as an Independent member of the House of Representatives. In...
by | Dec 4, 2018 | News & Media Releases
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...
by | Oct 29, 2018 | News & Media Releases
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...