Video Information


Below: A 2012 Panorama program on adoption in Britain. The program shows the human problems faced by adoptive parents, adopted children and also by the social workers and carers involved in the process.




Below: A 2008 Sunrise (Channel Seven) segment featuring Deborra-Lee Furness, who describes her campaign - to date - of her fight to change foreign adoption laws.




Below: uploaded by Narrativa Videos, this short film is of mostly peripheral interest. However, it illustrates how children themselves respond to being adopted and to being a "natural" child with an adopted sibling. Apart from this, Clara's Hair is delightful viewing.




Below: always a contentious subject, adoption processes in the past were often shrouded in secrecy. This March 2013 news clip from al Jazeera shows how the then-Prime Minister's apology to women who had their babies removed by Australian authorites was received by those mothers and their children.




Below: a March 2013, SBS report on the discovery that some Indian adoptees were, in fact, illegally removed from their mothers.


Web links, documents


On March 5, 2014, ABC News televised a report in which adoption advocates argued that the new provisions easing intercountry adoptions do not go far enough.
The full telecast can be accessed at http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-03-05/inter-country-adoption-still-not-easy-enough-say/5299306

On March 4, 2014, ABC News ran a report titled 'Federal Government to introduce changes to regulations for overseas adoptions'
The full text of this report can be accessed at http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-03-04/federal-government-to-make-overseas-adoptions-easier/5296528

On January 25, 2014, The Sydney Morning Herald ran a report titled 'Evidence of trafficking of Indian children for illegal adoption emerges'. The article presents resent evidence that children are being sold for adoption in India.
The full text of this article can be found at http://www.smh.com.au/national/evidence-of-trafficking-of-indian-children-for-illegal-adoption-emerges-20140124-31e84.html

On January 10, 2014, The Canberra Times published a background report on declining numbers of adoptions in the Australian Capital Territory.
The full text of this article can be found at http://www.canberratimes.com.au/act-news/foreign-adoptions-hit-an-alltime-low-for-canberra-couples-20140109-30kmh.html

On December 24, 2013, The Brisbane Times published an opinion piece by Ian Robinson titled 'Overseas adoption: the case against'. The piece highlights some of the dangers of overseas adoption and argues against any liberalisation of the regulations surrounding it.
The full text can be accessed at http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/comment/overseas-adoption-the-case-against-20131223-2zua3.html

On December 19, 2013, ABC News ran a report titled 'Tony Abbott announces new measures to simplify adoption within a year'.
The full text of this report can be accessed at http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-12-19/tony-abbott-vows-measures-easier-adoption/5167098

On November 10, 2013, The Sydney Morning Herald ran a news report titled 'Deborra-Lee Furness lashes out at Australia's adoption record'.
The report details Ms Furness's dissatisfaction with current adoption procedures and her lobbying campaigning to have these provisions changed.
The full text of this report can be accessed at http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/deborralee-furness-lashes-out-at-australias-adoption-record-20131109-2x8iy.html

On December 12, 2012, Mamamia published a comment by Tina Traster titled 'Admitting something is wrong with your adopted child'. The comment examines some of the unexpected difficulties that can confront adoptive parents dealing with a child with some form of attachment trauma.
The full text of this article can be found at http://www.mamamia.com.au/social/admitting-something-is-wrong-with-your-adopted-child/

On November 13, 2012, Adoption Voices Magazine ran an article titled 'Adoptee View: What Can a Tiny Baby Know? The Psychology of Adoption Trauma and the Primal Wound'
The full text of this comment can be accessed at http://adoptionvoicesmagazine.com/adoptee-view/adoptee-view-what-can-a-tiny-baby-know/#.Uy7QlIVjEy5

On September 12, 2012, SBS ran a report titled 'End of the line for Ethiopian adoptions' treating the changes made to the regulations surrounding Australian adoptions from Ethiopia.
The full text of this report can be accessed at http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2012/09/21/end-line-ethiopian-adoptions

On August 18, 2012, Right Now, Human Rights in Australia, published an article outlining the risks associated with overseas adoption. The article is titled 'Intercountry Adoption and Children's Rights'.
The full text of this article can be accessed at http://rightnow.org.au/topics/children-and-youth/intercountry-adoption-and-childrens-rights/

On June 28, 2011, The Australian Woman's Weekly ran an opinion piece titled 'What's wrong with adoption in Australia?' detailing what were claimed to be the shortcomings of the then current procedures.
The full text of this article can be accessed at http://www.aww.com.au/news-features/news-stories/2011/6/whats-wrong-with-adoption-in-australia/

In July 2006 the Centre for Parenting & Research, Research, and Funding & Business Analysis Division produced a report for the New South Wales Department of Community Service titled 'The importance of attachment in the lives of foster children'
The report details the need for secure attachment in childhood and details some of the difficulties that are likely to occur if this is not provided.
The full text of this report can be accessed at http://www.community.nsw.gov.au/docswr/_assets/main/documents/research_attachment.pdf

Help Guide Org. has published material on dealing with 'Attachment & Reactive Attachment Disorders'. The full text of this article can be accessed at http://www.helpguide.org/mental/parenting_bonding_reactive_attachment_disorder.htm