by | Mar 21, 2023 | Adoptee Rights & Legislation, News & Media Releases, Research, Reports, Articles
Adoptee Rights Australia was formed in 2018 in response to the lack of a national advocacy body for adopted people. The majority of adoptees in Australia would not have been adopted if it weren’t for coercive and illegal policies and practices. On the 10th Anniversary...
by | Aug 7, 2022 | News & Media Releases
Response to the Guardian article published today 7th August 2022: “My birth* mother was not allowed to name her baby. But the name she gave me in her heart is real”. While it’s both welcome and surprising to see an adopted person speaking about the reality of...
by | Jul 10, 2022 | News & Media Releases
Adoptee Rights Australia (ARA) Inc. and their membership support the mothers of this nation in their decades long quest to achieve justice. We are aligned in their rightful request that all state jurisdictions remove the statute of limitations which prevent adopted...
by | Mar 11, 2022 | News & Media Releases
Adopted People – Invisible Australians Response by Adoptee Rights Australia (ARA) Inc. to the Government Response to the Recommendations of the Inquiry into Historical Forced Adoption in Victoria. We congratulate the mothers who have fought long and hard for...
by | Oct 2, 2021 | News & Media Releases, Royal Commission Into Adoption
President of Adoptee Rights Australia (ARA) Inc., Peter Capomolla Moore, says: “ARA welcomes many of the 56 recommendations of the Victorian Inquiry into responses to historical forced adoption in Victoria and we thank the Committee and Secretariat for the empathetic...
by | Mar 24, 2021 | News & Media Releases
Reporting on the outcome of the Bill aiming to prioritise adoption over long-term care arrangements and fast-track adoption in Queensland in the ABC article: “Contentious bill over child adoptions passes in Queensland Parliament despite concerns” by...
