CALLIE WATSON
NIGHTMARE: Liz and Darryn Peter are defying state laws by identifying themselves and adopted son Samuel, 7, from Thailand. Picture: BIANCA De MARCHI Source: AdelaideNow (more…)
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Margaret Somerville
Two stories concerning the donation of gametes – sperm and ova – appeared recently in the media.
One related that a “virtual” sperm and egg bank is being established that will only accept offers to donate from “beautiful” people. Internet polling will determine who is beautiful enough to do so. The goal – informed by the principle that “everyone deserves a beautiful child” – is to enable “ugly” people to have beautiful children. (more…)
This article was published on 17.04.2008 in The Independent.
The Australian government has launched an investigation into claims that aboriginal children seized from their parents during the 1920s and 1930s were secretly used as guinea pigs for leprosy treatments. (more…)
This is the transcript of a radio show that was broadcast by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation on 13.03.2008.
KERRY O’BRIEN: The apparent ease with which celebrities adopt children from the developing world has left many prospective parents in Australia wondering why it’s such a difficult process here. (more…)
This article, as well as other reports and documents can be found on Australia’s Culture Portal.
The first National Sorry Day was held on 26 May 1998 – one year after the tabling of the report Bringing them Home, May 1997. The report was the result of an inquiry by the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission into the removal of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children from their families. (more…)
This article was published on 10.11.2007 in The Sidney Morning Herald.
AUTHORITIES have stopped a woman from leaving East Timor with 23 children from an orphanage run by an Australian after a UN agency raised concerns. (more…)
This article was published on 07.10.2006 in Adelaide Now.
ABOUT 20 South Australian families who have been waiting up to three years to adopt Indian babies remain in limbo after an adoption agency was accused of baby trafficking. (more…)
