by | May 4, 2026 | Research, Reports, Articles
Marg Watson is an ARA Member and former post-adoption support counsellor with PARC. In 2019, Marg created and then presented this poster at the National Suicide Prevention Conference in Melbourne. Marg found out that she was adopted when she was 40 years old, what is...
by | Mar 21, 2023 | Research, Reports, Articles, Submissions
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 | Jan 30, 2020 | Research, Reports, Articles
From 2010 to 2012, the Australian Institute of Family Studies was tasked by joint Commonwealth, state and territory Community and Disability Service Ministers to conduct a national research study into past adoption practices. The Australian Institute of Family...
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...