8 February 2010
Adoptions in Australia
We hear about adoption in Australia from Tim Beard, head of the Child and Youth Welfare Unit at the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
In 2008-9, there were just 441 adoptions in Australia compared with 10,000 in 1971-72.
Further Information
Presenter
Richard Aedy
Story Researcher and Producer
Amanda Armstrong
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