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National Co-ordinator:
Ricky Brisson
P.O. Box 7420
Bondi Beach 2026 NSW
Phone: (02) 9314 2072
Fax: (02) 9314 2074
E-mail:
Ricky Brisson
P.O. Box 7420
Bondi Beach 2026 NSW
Phone: (02) 9314 2072
Fax: (02) 9314 2074
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Adoptions Australia 2007-2008 |
Australia
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Access to the Baby Bonus for Adoptive Parents As part of the 2008-09 Budget, the Rudd Government announced that eligibility for the baby bonus will be extended to families who adopt children under 16 years of age. |
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Bid to help the other stolen generation "From the age of five I was forced to work in charcoal pits and was subjected to physical and emotional abuse. The scars will never heal." |
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Information on Intercountry Adoption Federal Attorney-General's Department |
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National Adoption Awareness Week Start preparing for 17 - 23 November 2008 |
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Transcript of a speech to Parliament for the Labor Member for Sydney, and Shadow Minister for Work and Family, Tanya Plibersek. She is the only one we've seen prepared to speak against the shameful comments of Jackie Kelly earlier in 2006. |
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When mum is nana When kindergarten kids have more common sense than parliamentarians. |
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare /showurl.php?url=1173
Commonwealth of Australia
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Commonwealth of Australia: House of Representatives: Debate on Intercountry Adoption |
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Stronger Measures for the Protection of Children From 16 September 2009, sponsors of child visa applications and partner or prospective marriage applications which include a minor applicant will be required to provide a National Police Check as part of the process of assessing the application. |
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Stronger Measures for the Protection of Children Questions and Answers |
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What's New in Intercountry Adoption This page aims to provide some information about current intercountry adoption issues. |
Sweden
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Adoption in Sweden - Policy and Procedures concerning Intercountry Adoption MIA: Swedish Intercountry Adoptions Authority - 2005 |
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Adoptions to Sweden - Accomplishments and Consequences. Statement by Fredrika Ornbrant, Embassy of Sweden, on February 12, 2002. |
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Special parents for special children - Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare Society plays a major role in creating families through adoption. For the sake of the child, the preparation given to prospective adopters must be as thorough as possible. |
Names
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Adopt, but don't turn Ming into a Kylie The NSW adoption act prohibits a court from approving a change in a child's given name if the child is more than one year old, or a non-citizen, "unless there are special reasons, related to the best interests of the child". |
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Chinese orphanages and children's names |
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NSW Registry of Birth, Deaths & Marriages |
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NSW Registry of Birth, Deaths & Marriages - Change of Name |
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Should adoptive parents change their childrens names? Article by Anti-Racist Parent columnist Dawn Friedman |
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What's in a Name? For a child who joins her family with her own history, her own culture, her own name, the story's rarely rooted in the pages of a baby names book. "Adoptive Families" readers share how they made the naming decision. |
Child Trafficking
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The Orphan Manufacturing Chain (Washington Post) The vast majority of children who need adoption are older, sick, disabled or traumatized. But most Westerners waiting in line are looking for healthy infants or toddlers to take home. |
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This article documents and analyzes a substantial incidence of "child laundering" within the intercountry adoption system. It then proposes reforms to the intercountry adoption system that could substantially reduce the incidence of child laundering. |
Stolen Generations
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"Bringing them Home" (Reconciliation and Social Justice Library) Report of the National Inquiry into the Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children from Their Families |
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Prime Minister Kelvin Rudd's Apology to Australia's Stolen Generations From ABC website |
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Prime Minister Kelvin Rudd's Apology to Australia's Stolen Generations Prime Minister's Website |
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Prime Minister Kelvin Rudd's Apology to Australia's Stolen Generations Video on YouTube |
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Q: So what is the difference between white or black? - A: A Vast Difference Answers on the Stolen Generations |
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Stolen Generations From Wikipedia |
Accreditation
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A Discussion Paper on Accreditation Issues |
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Extract from A Discussion Paper on Accreditation Issues |
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NSW Office of the Children's Guardian |
Adoption Equality, Age Criteria and Cost
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Adoption ban on obese Governments in South Korea, Taiwan and China have banned obese couples from adopting. |
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All families deserve a fair system - by Natasha Stott Despoja |
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Gay and lesbian adoption next target for US religious right Conservative activists are pushing for adoption by gays and lesbians to be prohibited, having been buoyed by recent success in securing bans on same-sex marriages and restrictions on abortion rights. |
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High cost makes overseas adoption province of the rich "Infertility doesn't only occur in wealthy families." - Cathi and David Pirani sold their house in the Blue Mountains and moved to Bathurst in order to have enough money to adopt a child from Colombia. |
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Holt's International Programs - Age Criteria - Country by Country |
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NSW criticised over increasing adoption fees (ABC) |
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NSW Govt defends adoption costs (ABC) |
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Parents call for cut in adoption costs (ABC) |
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Stop adoption bias, urge MPs |
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Table of age criteria for various countries |
Inquiry into Adoption of Children from Overseas /showurl.php?url=258
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Married or not, let couples adopt Foster kids need homes. Don't make adoption a pawn and don't make children suffer in the culture wars. |