Submission on the Commonwealth Contribution to Former Forced Adoption Policies and Practices, to the Senate Community Affairs References Committee. It involves: Introduction; "Forced adoption"; Commonwealth responsibility for past practices?; Commonwealth role in a national framework; Endnotes.
Submission on the Commonwealth Commissioner for Children and Young People Bill 2010 to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee. It involves: Introduction; Children, the family and the Convention on the Rights of the Child; Additional concerns; Endnotes.
Kids need a mum and a dad! Please help defeat Clover Moore's new bill which would allow same-sex couple adoption. On 24 June 2010, Independent MP Clover Moore introduced the Adoption Amendment (Same Sex Couples) Bill in the NSW Legislative Assembly. It would change our adoption laws to allow homosexual or lesbian couples to adopt NSW babies and children. NSW Labor Premier Kristina Keneally has allowed a conscience vote, but says she will vote for the bill. Only urgent action from NSW voters can defeat this bill and allow adopted children their right to have both a mum and a dad.
Submission on Donor Conception in Australia to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee. It involves: Introduction; Donor conception - what is it?; Donor conception and the good of the child; Donor conception legislation and regulation; Payments for donors; Number of offspring born from each donor; Rights of donor conceived children; Medicare and procedures involving donor gametes; Conclusion; Endnotes.
There are many opinions on the issue of funding for parents. Some businesses give women in the workforce an allowance equivalent to several months’ pay after they have a baby. Some people claim that paid parental leave is a “workplace entitlement” like holiday or sick pay, and all businesses should be required to fund it. Others say businesses may not want to employ younger women if paid parental leave were mandatory – so it should be funded by the government. Others argue that stay-at‑home mums need as much or more financial help than workforce mums, since stay-at‑home mums forgo a whole salary to provide maternal care for some years – an option which is best for babies.
They say that any parental leave mandated by the government should be paid equally to all mothers.
What is fair? What facts and principles should guide government policy?...
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