Australia

Country Code: AU
Area: 4,810,171 sq mi (7,741,220km²)
Gross Domestic Product: 675 Billion Dollar
Population: 21,000,000
Organizations based in Australia:

Adoption Advocates

Organization	State/Province	City
Australian Families for Children		Maroubra
EurAdopt Australia		Rivett
Intercountry Adoption Resource Network (ICARN)		Melbourne

Adoption Agency

Organization	State/Province	City
Attorney-General's Department, International Family Law Branch, Australia	Australian Capital Territory	Barton
World Families Australia (was Australians Aiding Children)	South Australia	Kent Town

Church

Organization	State/Province	City
Christian Brothers Oceania Province	Queensland	Nudgee

Foundation

Organization	State/Province	City
Australian Afrian Children's Aid and Support Association (AACASA)	Queensland	Milton
Zoe's Ark		Melbourne

Governmental Organization

Organization	State/Province	City
Attorney-General's Department, International Family Law Branch, Australia	Australian Capital Territory	Barton

Orphanage

Organization	State/Province	City
Christian Brothers at Bindoon	Western Australia	Bindoon
Love in Action - Cambodia	Queensland	Bli Bli

Cases:

Abuse cases

Organization	Province	City
Boy 'adopted' by Mark J Newton and Peter Truong	Queensland	Cairns
Boy fostered by couple in a Perth suburb, Australia	Western Australia	Perth
Children in care at the Christian Brothers at Bindoon	Western Australia	Bindoon
Girl in foster care in New South Wales, Australia	New South Wales	"Far North" part of NSW
Mark Robinson	New South Wales
Primary school-aged foster girl in Newcastle, Australia	New South Wales	Newcastle
Teenage foster girl in Newcastle NSW	New South Wales	Newcastle
Ten year old girl in Newcastle	New South Wales	Newcastle

Child trafficking cases

Report	Date
Cambodia - misc trafficking articles case	1990-01-01
Ethiopia - misc child trafficking cases	2009-01-01
Greece - child trafficking case	1989-01-01
India - misc Child trafficking cases	1995-01-01
India - Malaysian Social Services case	2008-08-23
India - Sabila and Akil case	2006-03-01
India - Zabeen (aka Suji) daughter of Fatima and Sali case	2000-01-01
Laos - misc child trafficking case	2012-02-06
Philippines / Singapore - Irene Low Ai Lian case	2008-12-15
Sri Lanka - misc trafficking cases	1989-01-01

Adoption statistics:

Adoption imports

Country from	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013
China	1	15	39	46	112	140	116	125	63	63	32	51	24	14
Republic of Korea (South Korea)	77	75	93	101	98	96	103	80	47	45	30	19	26	14
Ethiopia	46	37	36	39	45	59	70	47	35	38	33	40	18	17
Philippines	29	18	12	18	29	48	42	45	41	45	49	37	29	20
India	37	40	40	33	29	31	34	25	27	12	22	19	8	3
Thailand	33	35	28	17	39	31	27	28	19	19	16	13	16	16
Taiwan	2	6	6	3	3	10	10	26	22	32	26	26	22	37
Other	10	13	5	3	1	9	1	8	3	15	14	10	6	8
Colombia	17	15	9	7	7	3	9	5	3	8
Hong Kong	3	3	10	4	4	3	4	9	4	2
Sri Lanka	3	4	3	2	2	2	3	5	6	1
Romania	36	22	2	1
Guatemala	2	3	6	4		1	1	2
Fiji	5	3	5		1	1	1
Lithania										2
Bolivia										1
Bulgaria										1
Total	301	289	294	278	370	434	421	405	270	284	222	215	149	129

Source: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Note: Australia's reporting year is from july 1 to june 30 the next year. So the figures for 2000 are in fact the figures from july 1999 to june 2000 and so forth.

Adoption exports

Country from	2001	2003	2006	2008	2010	2011	2012	2013
Canada				1	2	1		1
New Zealand							1
Sweden	1		2
United States of America		1
Total	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	1

This information is compiled from the figures as reported by the receiving countries.

Reports:

Reports

Document	Date
Ethiopian adoption went awry	2010-03-22
Response from the (Australian) Attorney-General's Department to questions from ABC News Online	2010-03-16
`Forgeries and lies' in Australian adoptions of Ethiopian children	2010-03-03
Australia suspends adoptions from Ethiopia	2009-12-28
Current India to Australia Program	2008-09-01
Celebrity campaign to reform adoption laws	2008-03-24
Deborra-lee Furness' adoption success	2008-02-03
Interim Report on Ethiopian-Australian Bilateral Intercountry Adoption Program	2005-11-01