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 | Nov 19, 2023 | News & Media Releases, Royal Commission Into Adoption
The lived experience of adopted people is ignored and adoption is still being promoted by powerful lobby groups. In the 2022 financial year there were only 167 child adoptions in Australia – 151 local adoptions, and 16 intercountry adoptions. (Australian...
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...
