The Age
| 6 months ago
The 63-year-old was among many who came to state parliament on Tuesday to hear Premier Campbell Newman officially apologise to victims of forced adoptions from the 1950s to the 1970s. "To the mothers whose babies were taken and hidden from them, and...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
| 6 months ago
The practice was widespread in Australia from the 1950s to the 1970s. Mr Newman has told State Parliament it should never have happened and it caused families, and mothers in particular, great pain. "Some [mothers] were not told the sex of their baby...
The Age
| 6 months ago
Advertisement He said they were denied the right to experience bonds with their natural mother, father, siblings and other family members. "We know that for many of you this has caused immeasurable pain." The premier said forced adoptions had...
