Brendan was nearly 30 when he finally tracked down his biological mother. Then came an even more stunning revelation.
A mother never felt that her Holocaust-survivor parents loved her. Then came a letter from Canada.
Lauren Eslick spent most of her childhood with foster parents whose punishments included hitting her,forcing her to hold a telephone book above her head and locking her in a tent.
In a Torres Strait tradition,sister-in-law Serina gifted basketball star Cayla George a baby.
Jenny* is fighting through the courts to have her parental rights re-instated while her six-year-old son battles a life-threatening disease.
Russian officials have deported Ukrainian children to Russia,lied to them that they weren’t wanted by their parents and gave them Russian families and citizenship.
Foster carers who demand children be given counselling and medical help are being targeted by the department as troublemakers. So they’re taking Communities to court,and winning.
Australian citizenship is a gift. I want to give it to both my sons. But Australia discriminates against adopted children,and it’s creating anxiety for families like mine.
A NSW government agency responsible for delivering statutory child protection won’t have its accreditation renewed as it cannot meet minimum standards for out-of-home care.
A children’s court magistrate’s claims of “unconscionable” treatment of children in care by providers and the department have brought forward an industry forum.
Revelations in the Herald about the plight of two young boys in the care of the state in 2022 give us all reason to demand better.