Submissions
ARA SUBMISSION TO THE WESTERN AUSTRALIAN INQUIRY INTO PAST FORCED ADOPTIVE POLICIES & PRACTICES
The submission is published at Number 128, under 'Public Submissions' at the Inquiry into past forced adoptive policies and practices. Adoptee Rights Australia (ARA) Inc. is a volunteer run organisation that was established in 2018 by adopted persons to advocate for...
ARA SUBMISSION TO THE INQUIRY INTO AUSTRALIA’S HUMAN RIGHTS FRAMEWORK
The Submission is No. 224 here: Inquiry into Australia's Human Rights Framework Adoptee Rights Australia (ARA) Inc. Submission to the Inquiry into Australia’s Human Rights Framework Adoptee Rights Australia (ARA) Inc. welcomes the opportunity to make this submission...
Still Waiting… Forced Adoption Apology – 10 Years On (with table)
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...
ARA Submission to the Media Diversity in Australia Inquiry
Adoptee Rights Australia (ARA) Inc. Submission to the Senate Environment and Communications References Committee Media Diversity Inquiry 11th December 2020 Media diversity in Australia - Submission 54 Link to the Inquiry is here * Link to ARA's submission PDF is here...
Rights Analysis of the Adoption from Care Bill in South Australia
This Adoption from Care legislation in South Australia has been developed behind closed doors and is being made to seem as if there has been adequate consultation and stakeholder agreement when that is not the case. Although excluded from the "consultation" about this...
ARA Submission to the Inquiry into Responses to Historical Forced Adoptions in Victoria
Link to Inquiry Inquiry into Responses to Historical Forced Adoptions in Victoria Submission by Adoptee Rights Australia, (ARA) Inc Part 1 by Dr CM Lynch JD Part 2 by Dr CM Lynch JD and Angela Barra Part 3 by Sharyn White Submitted by Adoptee Rights...
ARA Submission on the Torres Strait Islander Adoption Bill
Link to Inquiry 31st July 2020 Adoptee Rights Australia (ARA) Inc. appreciates the opportunity to provide comments on the Meriba Omasker Kaziw Kazipa (Torres Strait Islander Traditional Child Rearing Practice) Bill 2020. We wish to note that because of the short time...
ARA Submission to the Qld Legal Affairs & Community Safety Committee
ARA Submission 19 PDF Adoptee Rights Australia (ARA) Inc. Submission to the Legal Affairs and Community Safety Committee Child Protection and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2020 3 August 2020 Contents Part 1. Introduction. Part 1.1 Summary. Part 2. About...