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As an adoptive parent who has been through the State Government process in WA I fully support your petition. GOOD LUCK!!!

Australia has a very poor record on support for underdeveloped countries. Adoption is another area where we fall down. There needs to be some action taken to show Australians are being responsible with the incredible advantages our country affords us.
Many people put in a great deal of effort to express what's needed (and some of this came out in the consultation-driven report of more than two years ago). Not acting on these recommendations is unacceptable!
I am thrilled that I have been priveleged to be a Grandmother to my Korean Grandson. He is a joy,buuuut I also see the stress and unhappiness that this second adoption has bought to my family. So far it has been 21/2 years in waiting with no end in sight
The adoption process is for the strong they say. How true, because our Government certainly doesn't make it easy. Instead they slap on more emotional & financial strain on an already stressful process.
The recommendations of the Standing Committee under Mrs Bishop were made after nationwide discussions and should be implemented. It was easy to see at the hearings there was all party support for change. The upper age limit needs to be abolished .
I support these australians trying to adopt a child or children from another country.
Because it is so hard to adopt a child or children in Australia, the government should make it easier to adopt in another country. there are so many children in orphanages in 3rd world countries that would find a loving home here in Australia
Please change the adoption laws for adopting children from other countries, so unfortunate children in 3rd world countries can be given a chance in life.
I have family in Australia who are trying to adopt from China. The child would be going to a loving home, but because of certain laws it is making it so much harder to do that
As a family who have been waiting to adopt for several years after a decade of miscarriages and failed fertility treatment we plead for support.
Children need love and good homes. Allow us to provide for them.
I believe local and intercountry adoption need to be improved holistically. We have been caught up in the red tape with local and disappointed with delays in intercountry.
I believe the system could only be fairer and quicker. This Federal system will work if all employees are thoroughly screened for any anti-adoption opinions.
Please do this there are children who will never experience the love and security of a family.
All children have the right to have a famliy and to be given unconditional love and care. Australia is classed as the lucky country so why arent we doing everything we can to make all this happen today.
How much culture and nurturing does a child get in an orphanage? Place these children with families that will help them remember their culture but give them the single most important thing they need: Love.
Our first adoption from Ethiopia took 4 years, we were the 22nd file when approved for our first adoption. We have applied again and were the 52nd file when approved. This will likely make our wait 6-7+ years based on current allocation rates.
Please stop the discimination against those who are willing to adopt children above 2 years. Adoption is a long and expensive process (30,000 plus) no matter what age the child involved is, please make it fair and take away the baby bonus age limit.
Please give the next geration a chance!
This government needs to get behind Intercountry Adoption and the couples who create their families this way. I am fed up with those in power putting us on the back burner.
Please just make it easier for people who want kids but just can't have them naturally.
We have a beautiful toddler adopted from overseas who would dearly love & benefit from having a sibling but because of the long convoluted process it will be out of the question for us as we will be too old...its very disappointing
Many people have suffered "Lost" documentation by embassy and government departments. There must also be improved tracking, accountability and time lines provided. It is rediculous that adoptive parents are not permitted to contact embassies and department ...
Australia's low adoption rate speaks for itself. Our government makes it too hard and too expensive for many wonderful families to give a child a much needed home.
This is a humanitarian issue, that Australians should be allowed to help with.
I am a single applicant through the intercountry adoption program and applied in 2004. After waiting four years I am currently facing a further three or more years wait for an adoptive child from China as this was virtually the only country option ...
Finalasitation of the adoption process - ie to formally adopt should be a formality of FACS and should not involve a court case- as all criteria has already been fullfilled.
We have so far waited 4 years in the adoption process and we have another 2 years to wait. This is not right!
As someone who has travelled quite a few times to the developing world and need the need and also as someone who has been blessed by international adoption, albeit when the process was much simpler and cheaper, I wish to add my voice to those seeking better.....
I will gladly sign this petition, my husband and I are adopting our first child and have noticed that it's very costly and takes an extreme length of time to adopt.
I have an adoptive daughter from China and whilst my file has been in China for over a year, I now am faced to the reality that if new systems and intercountry adoption programs are not put into place, there will no viable way for my daughter to ever have a sibling...
This year marks my 10th year in Australia's adoption system. I expect to have another 5-6 year wait before referral. I would like to know if anyone in the government would put themselves through the trials of Australia's adoption process & it's very expanding wait?!
We've been in the process for three years and two months and have just found out it will probably be over two years until we'll be allocated. This just seems ridiculous. There are so many children in this world needing parents! Why is it five years?
Please make adoptions easier, quicker and more affordable for all Australians.
It is right to want good families for all children. It is wrong to dictate how the modern Australian family is. Intercountry adoption is no longer a phenomena, it is the new face of our multicultural world. The issues are being addressed globally.
Everyone should be able to adopt. Australia needs more bilateral agreements with many more countries. We can't adopt from our own country. Stop wasting time revisiting Asian countries - go to Russia.