by | May 10, 2026 | News & Media Releases, Royal Commission Into Adoption
One of the most powerful things our adoption community can do right now is contact local Members of Parliament and ask them to support a Royal Commission into adoption in Australia. MPs pay attention when constituents contact them directly – especially when...
by | May 10, 2026 | News & Media Releases, Royal Commission Into Adoption
Calling for a Royal Commission in Australia is not a procedural application – it is a political and strategic advocacy process. A Royal Commission is formally established by the Governor-General (or a state Governor), but only on the advice of government. In...
by | Mar 21, 2026 | News & Media Releases, Royal Commission Into Adoption
Why is a Royal Commission into ADOPTION needed? The deep and ongoing harm to adopted people from adoption and adoption practices has never been investigated or examined on a national scale in Australia. The 2011-2012 Senate Inquiry into Forced Adoption was an inquiry...
by | Mar 21, 2025 | News & Media Releases, Royal Commission Into Adoption
Today marks the 12th Anniversary of the National Apology for Forced Adoptions. 🎥 You can view a recording of the Apology HERE📄And download the words of the Apology HERE The apology was one of 20 Recommendations made by the Senate Committee on Community Affairs Only a...
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...
