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Preliminary material: Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Symbols
Summary
1 Introduction
- 1.1 Adoptions in Australia
- 1.2 Recent developments
- 1.3 Data sources and processes
- 1.4 Report structure
2 Adoptions in Australia
- 2.1 Categories of adoption
- 2.2 Adoption legislation and processes
- 2.3 Motivations and expectations around adoption
3 Detailed analysis of adoptions in Australia in 2015-16
- 3.1 Adoptions in 2015-16
- 3.2 Intercountry adoptions
- 3.3 Local adoptions
- 3.4 Known child adoptions
- 3.5 Access to information
4 Trends in adoptions in Australia
- 4.1 Trends in categories of adoptions
- 4.2 Adoption of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children
- 4.3 Alternatives to adoption
Appendixes
- Appendix A: Statistical tables
- Appendix B: Legislation
- Appendix C: Countries party to the Hague Convention
- Appendix D: Data Quality Statement
End matter: Glossary; References; List of tables; List of figures; Related publications