Table of contents

  • Preliminary pages
    • Title & verso title
    • Contents
    • Abbreviations
    • Symbols
    • Summary
      • Adoption numbers remained low
      • More than a quarter of all adoptions were carer adoptions
      • Intercountry processing times stabilised
      • Taiwan continued to be the main country of origin for overseas adoptions
      • Children in local adoptions tended to be younger
  • Body content
    • 1 Introduction
      • 1.1 Adoptions in Australia
      • 1.2 Recent policy issues
      • 1.3 Data sources and processes
      • 1.4 Report structure
    • 2 Adoptions in Australia
      • 2.1 Categories of adoption
      • 2.2 Adoption legislation and processes
    • 3 Detailed analysis of adoptions in Australia in 2013-14
      • 3.1 Adoptions in 2013-14
      • 3.2 Intercountry adoptions
      • 3.3 Local adoptions
      • 3.4 Known child adoptions
      • 3.5 Access to information
    • 4 Trends in adoptions in Australia
      • 4.1 Trends in categories of adoptions
      • 4.2 Adoption of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children
      • 4.3 Permanent care orders (Victoria only)
  • End matter
    • Appendixes
      • Appendix A Statistical tables
      • Appendix B Legislation
        • B.1 Summary of legislation
        • B.2 Provisions for open adoptions
        • B.3 Access to information and veto systems
      • Appendix C Countries party to the Hague Convention
      • Appendix D Data quality statement
    • Glossary
    • References
    • List of tables
    • List of figures
    • Related publications