Around the world there are millions of orphans and unwanted children and Australia has plenty of families wanting to provide them with the love and care they deserve.
Unfortunately, Australia’s adoption system doesn’t make this easy, and fewer than 300 inter-country adoptions take place each year.
Even for the few families who do get through the adoption process, it can cost up to $40,000 and take up to eight years from the beginning of the process to when the adoptive parents pick up their child.
In support of National Adoption Awareness Week, The Weekly is joining forces with adoption advocate Deborah-Lee Furness to change the way adoption works in Australia.
Through the stories you find here on our online adoption hub and in the magazine and through the breakfast we will be hosting during National Adoption Awareness Week, we aim to make it easier for Australians to adopt children from other countries.
**For more information or to join the campaign to change adoption laws, visit National Adoption Awareness Week
Your say: Do you think it should be easier for Australian couples to adopt children from other countries? Email us [email protected]
