by | May 18, 2021 | Member Contributions
By Darryl Nelson As an adopted person born in the 1960s, I undertook this research in order to understand how, in a so-called ‘civilised’ society, to forcibly remove a baby from its mother and supply to another family was deemed acceptable. As Australia is a...
by | Feb 7, 2021 | News & Media Releases
An excerpt from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) submission to the Inquiry into Responses to Historical Forced Adoptions in Victoria – Reporting date due 21st July 2021: “The AIHW is unable to provide information on how adoptees and...
by | Sep 14, 2020 | News & Media Releases
National Adoptee Peak Body, Adoptee Rights Australia (ARA) Inc has rejected the claim that NSW integrated birth certificate reforms solve the issues around birth certificates for adopted people. President of ARA, Peter Capomolla Moore, says: “The reforms in NSW are a...
by | Sep 6, 2020 | Member Contributions
My story is quite short – you see I only found out I was adopted two years ago at the age of 75! How did I find out? My brother sent the news by text message. So nice of him. Although the news answered a few questions for me it also shattered me. Although I now...
by | Jun 24, 2020 | News & Media Releases
National Peak Body for adoptees, Adoptee Rights Australia (ARA) Inc. does not support the current push towards increasing adoptions by some state governments and wealthy, self-interested lobby groups. Instead, ARA Inc. is calling for an inquiry into the controversial...
