by | Feb 9, 2021 | News & Media Releases, Royal Commission Into Adoption
We’ve variously called for a Royal Commission (in ARA’s submission to the Vic Inquiry) and an Inquiry (in an ARA media release). We need to work on calling for something that best suits balanced with prospect of success. Get involved – write to your...
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 | 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...
by | May 22, 2019 | News & Media Releases, Royal Commission Into Adoption
Summary, (below) as an introduction to what a Royal Commission is; so everyone is on the same page and we can unpack the issue/s (controversy). “Giving a United VOICE to the lived experience of Australian Adoptees” ARA Inc. Round Table- discussing Proposed RC (1 hour...
by | May 5, 2019 | News & Media Releases, Royal Commission Into Adoption
What happened to those 250,000 babies? What has happened to those 250,000 adults? ARA Inc. Is looking for input, expertise and energy to help bring about a much needed Royal Commission into the impact and long term outcomes of Adoption in Australia. Giving a United...