Updated Tue Oct 19, 2010 9:01pm AEDT The West Australian Parliament has formally apologised to the unmarried women who were pressured to adopt out their babies between the 1940s and 1980s. More than 100 people packed the public gallery to witness the apology and applauded the Premier when he finished his speech. Colin Barnett acknowledged […]
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Unmarried Mums Get State Apology
DANIEL EMERSON, The West Australian September 1, 2010, 6:32 am The State’s apology to unmarried mothers illegally separated from their babies under harsh adoption practices is set to happen within weeks. WA is to become the first State or Federal government worldwide to admit hospital and welfare authorities were wrong to immediately separate mothers from […]
Our Dirty Adoption Secret
By Emily Wolfinger The Federal Government wants to give forced adoption victims an apology, but seems very keen to prevent the public finding out exactly what the apology is for, writes Emily Wolfinger During a meeting at Minister for Families Jenny Macklin’s Canberra office on 27 August, the offer of an apology to an estimated […]