Table of contents

  • Preliminary material
    • Title and verso pages
    • Contents
    • Acknowledgements
    • Symbols used in this report
    • Summary
  • Sections
    1. Introduction
    2. Background
      • Categories of adoption
      • Adoption processes
    3. An overview of adoptions in Australia
      • Adoptions in 2005-06
      • Trends
    4. Detailed information
      • Intercountry adoptions
      • Local adoptions
      • 'Known' child adoptions
      • Adoption of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children
      • Permanent care orders (Victoria only)
      • Access to information
    5. Discussion
  • End matter
    • Appendix 1: Statistical tables
    • Appendix 2: Legislation
      1. Summary of legislation
      2. Provisions for 'open' adoptions
      3. Access to information and veto systems
    • Appendix 3: Countries party to the Hague Convention
    • Glossary
    • References
    • List of tables
    • List of figures