House of Representatives Committees

House Standing Committee on Family and Human Services

Committee activities (inquiries and reports)

Overseas Adoption in Australia

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Appendix C– List of exhibits

1 Commonwealth State Agreement for the Implementation of the Hague Convention on Protection of Children & Cooperation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption, (Related to Submission No. 80 and No.183)
2 Jesse 's World: A story of adoption and the global family, (Related to Submission No. 17)
3 AFC Reform, website http//:www.australiansadopt.org/reform.htm (Related to Submission No. 17)
4 Family Law (Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoption) Regulations 1998, (Related to Submission No. 17)
5 Family Law (Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoption) Regulations 1998 No. 249, (Related to Submission No. 80)
6 Family Law (Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoption) Regulations 1998: Statutory Rules 1998 as Amended, (Related to Submission No. 80)
7 Protocols & Procedures for the Development of Programs for Intercountry Adoption with New Countries, (Related to Submission No. 17)
8 Child Welfare: Adoptions Australia 2003-04, (Related to Submission No. 135)
9 Review of Intercountry Adoptions and Post Adoption Services, (Related to Submission No. 16)
10 Intercountry Adoption Services, (Related to Submission No. 16)
11 Emotions flare…Locals protest closure of SA adoption agency/ Adopt agency axing inquiry, (Related to Submission No. 16)
12 Some Examples of Information Publicly Available on Intercountry Adoption by Australian State/Territory, (Related to Submission No. 16)
13 National Minimum Standards in Adoption 1991, (Related to Submission No. 183)
14 National Minimum Principles in Adoption 1993, (Related to Submission No. 183)
15

National Principles in Adoption 1997, (Related to Submission No. 183)

16 Policy for the adoption of children 2003, (Related to Submission No. 183)
17 The Rights of the Child in Internal and Intercountry Adoption: Ethics and Principles: Guidelines for Practice, (Related to Submission No. 183)
18 Intercountry Adoption. A Comment on the Number of "Adoptable" Children and the Number of Persons Seeking to Adopt Internationally, (Related to Submission No. 183)
19 The National Australian Minimum Standards in Adoption, (Related to Submission No. 183)
20 Linking communities to information – Adoption, website http://www.authoring/Resources/Adoption/ (Related to Submission No. 183)
21 Expression of Interest Process Information kit: Intercountry Adoption Program Queensland , (Related to Submission No. 204)
22 Good Practice for Placement Planning: A review of the literature, (Related to Submission No. 200)
23 The Theory of Brain Development and Attachment and the Implications for Adoption, (Related to Submission No. 200)
24.1 Summary of issues presented at the meeting between Hon Jay Weatherill MP and ARMS Inc, (Related to Submission No. 211)
24.2 Adoption Separation and Reunion : Information for those seeking to understand, (Related to Submission No. 211)
24.3 Adoption Separation and Reunion : Information for Adopted Adults, (Related to Submission No. 211)
24.4 Adoption Separation and Reunion : Information for Mothers, (Related to Submission No. 211)
24.5 Adoption Separation and Reunion : Experiences and feelings of mothers who have lost children through adoption- in their own words, (Related to Submission No. 211)
25 Hague Conference on Private International Law, (Related to Submission No. 80)
26 Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption, (Related to Submission No. 80)
27 Responsibility of State and Territory Central Authorities for Adoption Programs, (Related to Submission No. 80)
28.1 Adoption Legislation Review: Consultation Paper, (Related to Submission No. 204)
28.2 Adoption Legislation Review: The Report: Public Consultation on the Review of the 'Adoption of Children Act 1964', (Related to Submission No. 204)
29 The Colour of Difference: Journeys in Transracial Adoption, (Related to Submission No. 234)
30 Accreditation Application by AFC: Chronological Order of Events, (Related to Submission No. 17)
31 Australian InterCountry Adoption Network, Adoption Statistics, (Related to Submission No. 17)
32 Submission to the Department of Family & Human Services 10 May 2004 , (Related to Submission No. 56)
33 Submission to the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties 12 December 1999 , (Related to Submission No. 56)
34 New Zealand Adoption Council Newsletter, Issue no. 5, May/June 1994, (Related to Submission No. 56)
35 State Governments Fund Anti-Adoption Organisations, (Related to Submission No. 56)
36

Adopted Child, Photograph, (Related to Submission No. 19)

37 Adoptive Family, Photographs, (Related to Submission No. 13)
38 Adoptive Family, Photographs, (Related to Submission No. 48)
39 AdoptHelp: International Adoption, website http://www.adopthelp.com/international/index.html (Related to Submission No. 77)
40 Immigrant Visas Issued to Orphans Coming to the USA , (Related to Submission No. 77)
41 ACT Adoptions Unit Newsletter June 2005, (Related to Submission No. 200)
42 Application Requirements within the Australian Capital Territory for Intercountry Adoption, (Related to Submission No. 200)
43 National Principles in Adoption, (Related to Submission No. 200)
44 AACASA (Australian African Children's Aid Support Association) Vol 14-2, (Related to Submission No. 100)
45 Meet the Parents: A review of the Research on Lesbian and Gay Families , (Provided by the Australian Coalition for Equity)
46 2nd National Conference on the Mental Health Aspects of People Affected by Family Separation, Compact Disc, (Related to Submission No. 197)
47 Submission to Inter-country Adoption Inquiry as also presented to Senate Mental Health Inquiry, Compact Disc, (Related to Submission No. 197)
48 1st National Conference on the Mental Health Aspects of Persons Affected by Family Separation, (Related to Submission No. 197)
49 Releasing the Past, Adoption Practices 1950-1998, Final Report, (Related to Submission No. 197)
50 Winter: My three dads: Happy son has his hands full, (Related to Submission No. 135)
51 Quads Doc in Health furore, (Related to Submission No. 135)
52 Who's my Daddy?, (Related to Submission No. 135)
53 Intercountry Adoption Service Post Approval Evaluation Survey, Survey form, (Related to Submission No. 206)
54 Adoption Act 1993, (Related to Submission No. 200)
55.1 Children in Care (ACT) as at 30 June 2005 , (Related to Submission No. 200)
55.2 ACT Ward Adoptions 2000 onwards, (Related to Submission No. 200)
55.3 Foster Care Subsidies, (Related to Submission No. 200)
56 Intercountry Adoption Service Information Kit , (Related to Submission No. 206)
57 Overseas Connections Volumes 42-45, (Related to Submission No. 206)
58 Sponsorship & Adoption Support, (Related to Submission No. 132)
59 World Families Australia Inc Sponsorship News, September 2005, (Related to Submission No. 132)
60 Adoption Australia : A Quarterly Journal of Adoption Issues, Spring 2005, (Related to Submission No. 132)
61 Adoptions International of Western Australia, Inc, (Related to Submission No. 173)
62 AdoptWest, Volume 5, No.2, 2005, (Related to Submission No. 173)
63 The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, 20th November, 1989 , (Related to Submission No. 27)
64 Comparison of Placement Conditions for International Adoption, (Related to Submission No. 141)
65 Re: Naming your adopted child, (Related to Submission No. 141)
66 International Adoptive Families of Queensland Inc. March 2005, (Provided by International Adoptive Families of Queensland Inc.)
67 Provision of intercountry adoption services in NSW
68 The Nature and Nurture of Economic Outcomes by Bruce Sacerdote . Working Paper 7949, http://www.nber.org/papers/w7949, National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge , MA 02138 , October 2000
69 Review of Post Adoption Support Services in South Australia : Summary Government of South Australia , Department for Families and Communities. Children, Youth and Family Services, July 2005. (Provided by SA Government)
70

Information providing an overview of the intercountry adoption program in NSW:

(Related to Submission No. 175, Provided by NSW Government)

71 The Nature and Nurture of Economic Outcomes , by Bruce Sacerdote , National Bureau of Economic Research, Working Paper 7949, 2000

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