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30 SAcLJ 484 (2018)
Adoption Law and Practice in Australia: Safeguarding Children from Exploitation

handle is hein.journals/saclj30 and id is 498 raw text is: (2018) 30 SAcLJ 484 ADOPTION LAW AND PRACTICE IN AUSTRALIA Safeguarding Children from Exploitation Adoption remains a controversial practice. Those who favour adoption see it as a humanitarian act, both towards the individual children and, in the case of intercountry adoption, their country of origin. Those who oppose it see it as a form of exploitation, in particular, where Australians unable to adopt locally seek to satisfy their own needs by adopting a child from a developing country. In Australia, the last quarter of the 20th century witnessed both a significant decline in the adoption of locally born children and an increase in the adoption of children born outside Australia. This period also coincided with Australia embracing adoption law reform including the becoming a signatory to the Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption of 1993. While the number of adoptions by Australians is now in decline once more, Australian law remains committed to safeguarding the welfare of all adopted children. Geoffrey MONAHAN* BA (Macq), LLB (Syd), LLM (NSW), GCHE (UTS); Judge of the Federal Circuit Court ofAustralia. Jennifer HYATT* BA, LLB Hons (UTS), GCLP (UTS); Solicitor, Supreme Court of New South Wales; Legal Officer, Commonwealth Attorney-General's Department. Any views expressed in this article by Geoffrey Monahan are his personal views and are expressed in an academic rather than a judicial capacity. Similarly, any views expressed by Jennifer Hyatt are her own personal views and are not intended to represent the views of the Australian government. This article incorporates earlier works by the authors including the chapter, Adoption, in Children and the Law in Australia (Lisa Young, Mary Anne Kenny & Geoffrey Monahan eds) (LexisNexis, 2nd Ed, 2017). The authors thank Jasmine Manassa for her assistance with the research and editing of this article.

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