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Adoption legislation review consultation

Balancing Privacy and Access: Adoption consultation feedback report (2008)

The Balancing Privacy and Access: Adoption Consultation Feedback Report (PDF 365 KB) provides detailed information about the feedback received from stakeholders and members of the public in response to the consultation paper.

Balancing Privacy and Access: Adoption consultation paper (2008)

The Balancing privacy and access: adoption consultation paper (PDF 170 KB) invited stakeholders and members of the public to comment on the most effective way to balance the competing interests between people wanting to access identifying adoption information about their birth parents, children who were adopted or siblings and people wishing to preserve the right to object to the release of this information. The consultation period ran from 14 July 2008 to 19 September 2008.

Future Adoption Laws for Queensland: Policy paper (2008)

The Future adoption laws for Queensland - policy paper (PDF 227 KB) sets out proposals for new laws to support contemporary, child-focussed and efficient adoption practice.

Adoption Legislation Review: Consultation report (2003)

The report: Public consultation on the review of the Adoption of Children Act 1964 (PDF 455 KB) - detailed report of the key responses to the questions posed in the consultation paper and features the levels of support and opposition to these questions.
Overview of key issues (PDF 94 KB) - an easy to read overview of the key issues raised during the consultation process.

Adoption Legislation Review: Consultation paper (2002)

The consultation paper sets out information about the adoption legislation review and about adoption issues; and asks questions about how adoption should work in the future. The consultation period ran from 8 July 2002 to 28 October 2002.

A full version of the Adoption legislation review consultation paper (PDF 1.16 MB) is also available.

Last updated: 24 February 2008