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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, 364 KB) provides detailed information about the feedback received from stakeholders and members of the public in response to the consultation paper released in 2008.

Balancing Privacy and Access: Adoption consultation paper (2008)

In 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.

Future Adoption Laws for Queensland: Policy paper (2008)

The Future adoption laws for Queensland - policy paper (PDF, 244 KB) preceded the commencement of the Adoption Act 2009. It set out proposals for how new laws would support contemporary, child-focussed and efficient adoption practice.