Adoption
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Feline good: Record number of cat adoptions for WA shelter
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WA's Cat Haven re-homed more than 5,500 cats last year — more than ever before — but carers say there are hundreds more still looking for homes.
Topics: animals, adoption, perth-6000
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Hollywood biopic 'surreal' for Aussie subject of Golden Globe-nominated film
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The incredible true story of a Tasmanian man's journey to India to find his biological mother is the subject of a new film starring Nicole Kidman and David Wenham, which tomorrow could win four Golden Globe awards.
Topics: biography-film, film-movies, arts-and-entertainment, human-interest, adoption, tas, australia
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Man finds long-lost brother in Noosa cafe
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The true story of how two brothers met each other for the first time, completely by accident, at a cafe one sunny day in Noosa, Queensland.
Topics: family, adoption, noosa-heads-4567
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The Hobart mum who wanted to be played by Nicole Kidman
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When Sue Brierley discovered her son's remarkable true-life story was going to be made into a film, she says she knew immediately who she wanted to play her.
Topics: biography-film, adoption, arts-and-entertainment, sydney-2000
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Irreversible adoption prompts judge to seek law change
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A Canberra judge calls for changes to laws in the ACT, after he was unable to reverse an adoption from the 1980s due to an accidental loss of court powers.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, community-and-society, family-and-children, adoption, canberra-2600, act
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One Plus One: Deborah Cheetham Video
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Opera singer Deborah Cheetham was forcibly removed from her birth mother at three weeks old, and re-homed with a white Baptist family in Sydney. Only as an adult did she discover her personal history as part of the Stolen Generation.
Topics: arts-and-entertainment, opera-and-musical-theatre, adoption, family-and-children, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, aboriginal, stolen-generations, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, australia, nsw
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One Plus One: Cadel Evans Video
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As the first Australian to win the Tour de France, Cadel Evans realised a lifelong dream. Now retired from racing, he speaks candidly about the ups and downs of life in the bicycle saddle.
Topics: family-and-children, adoption, sport, cycling, autobiography, health, drug-use, australia, ethiopia, france, switzerland
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'You know how you're adopted': Phone call that changed a Labor MP's life
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South Australian Labor MP Nat Cook shares the story of how she found out she was adopted at the age of 29 through an unexpected phone call.
Topics: adoption, family-and-children, community-and-society, states-and-territories, state-parliament, parliament, federal---state-issues, government-and-politics, adelaide-5000, sa
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South Australian MPs back letting same-sex couples adopt
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A conscience vote backs legislation which could allow same-sex couples in South Australia to adopt children.
Topics: adoption, state-parliament, parliament, states-and-territories, government-and-politics, community-and-society, rights, law-crime-and-justice, gays-and-lesbians, sa, adelaide-5000
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Government calls for reform to 'broken' state adoption system
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The Federal Government is ramping up pressure on the states and territories to reform their adoption laws to give the tens of thousands of children in state care the prospect of moving into a permanent home.
Topics: community-and-society, family-and-children, family, adoption, government-and-politics, federal-government, australia
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Same-sex couples in Queensland can now adopt children
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Same-sex couples, single people, and couples undergoing fertility treatment will now be able to adopt a child in Queensland, with the Palaszczuk Government passing an amendment bill with the help of the three independent MPs overnight.
Topics: adoption, family-and-children, community-and-society, state-parliament, parliament, government-and-politics, qld
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Operation Babylift adoptee uses DNA testing to find close relative
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Chantal Doecke, one of the 3,000 babies flown out of Saigon in the closing days of the Vietnam War, tracks down a close relative, as ovarian cancer gives added urgency to her quest to find her birth family.
Topics: adoption, family-and-children, 20th-century, history, unrest-conflict-and-war, vietnam, australia, asia, sa, adelaide-5000
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One Plus One: Nick Earls Video
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Nick Earls quit a medical career to write full time, and is now one of Australia’s most prolific and successful novelists. He believes reports that books are dying are greatly exaggerated.
Topics: arts-and-entertainment, books-literature, popular-culture, education, adoption, parenting, australia, brisbane-4000, northern-ireland
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'Brad the Traffic Guy' begins search for birth parents
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One of Brisbane's most recognisable voices opens up about adoption and his upbringing in the hope of encouraging others to speak out about their experiences.
Topics: adoption, family-and-children, human-interest, radio-broadcasting, people
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Family cleared of abandoning baby Gammy
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A baby with Down syndrome at the centre of an international surrogacy dispute in 2014 was not abandoned in Thailand by his Australian parents, a court rules.
Topics: surrogacy, adoption, courts-and-trials, thailand, australia, perth-6000
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Child, 4, roams streets after absconding from WA care facility
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There are concerns for the safety of two young Aboriginal children, aged four and seven, who have become serial runaways from a residential facility for children in state care.
Topics: family-and-children, community-and-society, adoption, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, newman-6753
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NSW pledges $3m to boost adoption figures
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University of Sydney to receive an almost $3 million State Government grant to research ways to make it easier for people to adopt children in care.
Topics: adoption, family-and-children, community-and-society, state-parliament, government-and-politics, sydney-2000, nsw, australia
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Adoption connection service visits Canberra
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Many adoption reunions lead to rejection and bring up feelings of abandonment, but the desire to search for one's roots is fundamentally human, an adoption counsellor says.
Topics: adoption, community-and-society, human-interest, parenting, family-and-children, canberra-2600
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Topics: adoption
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Topics: family-and-children, adoption
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Topics: adoption, family-and-children
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One couple's decision to adopt a baby with Down syndrome
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One day last year when mother-of-five Emma was browsing Facebook, a post appeared in her feed that would change her family's life forever.
Topics: adoption, family-and-children, disabilities, children---toddlers, vic
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Adoption rates reach new low, state departments urged to put children first
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Social Services Minister Christian Porter calls on state child protection agencies to shift their attitudes towards adoption, with new figures confirming the adoption rate in Australia has reached a new low.
Topics: family-and-children, adoption, states-and-territories, australia
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Same-sex adoption laws pass Victorian Parliament
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Legislation to allow same-sex couples to adopt passes the Victorian Parliament, after the Government decides to accept amendments made in the Upper House.
Topics: gays-and-lesbians, community-and-society, family-and-children, adoption, state-parliament, catholic, religion-and-beliefs, melbourne-3000, vic
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Orphans pictured at play in long-lost photos
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A Victorian woman hopes to reconnect people with their childhood photos, after discovering dozens of her aunt's priceless pictures taken in orphanages more than 50 years ago.
Topics: children, children---toddlers, stolen-generations, adoption, family, history, melbourne-3000, ballarat-3350
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