Table of contents
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 Adoption in Australia
- 2.1 Categories of adoption
- 2.2 Adoption legislation and processes
3 Adoptions in Australia during 2016–17
- 3.1 Adoptions in 2016–17
- 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
Glossary
References
List of tables
List of figures
Related publications
Appendix A: Legislation
Appendix B: Countries party to the Hague Convention