As the government pledges to make it simpler and faster for Australians to adopt children from overseas, we must look more closely at the inter-country adoption process and ask critical questions about its shortcomings…

CHILDREN in same-sex families experience higher quality parenting and do as well emotionally, socially and educationally as those from heterosexual couple families, research shows…

It is the dark side of international adopting – “re-homing,” when unprepared, sometimes naive parents realise that they are unable to handle the child they brought into their home for a better life…

Because the adoption process is so complex and time-consuming, a pregnant woman wishing to have the baby but unwilling to raise that child is often propelled to have an abortion. This compares with other countries where a woman wanting to adopt out her baby can easily do so…

Tasmania’s Lower House has passed laws making it easier for same sex couples to adopt. The amendment to the Adoption Act allows gay men and women to adopt a child who is not a relative. The change passed with the …..

A PUSH to harmonise adoption laws across the country could see South Australia abolish restrictions that can conceal the identities of birth parents or children…

ADOPTION has dropped to an all-time low, as prospective parents wait up to six years to give a home to a child from Asia…