The Wire

The Federal Government has initiated discussions with mothers and children affected by harmful adoption practices, offering to include them in an apology with the so called “Forgotten Australians” later this year. This comes ten years after a NSW inquiry found adoption practices between the 1950s and 1970s, were unethical and unlawful. But adoption support group Origins has rejected the offer of an apology, saying a national inquiry needs to come first. Origins is concerned an apology without a national inquiry would be used to sweep the issue under the rug.