RTA gave the finger to acclaimed pinkie ad

TRANSPORT bureaucrats shelved the successful Pinkie road safety ad campaign for more than two years and sacked the ad agency that created it because the ad was considered too risque for the state's road users.

Adoption Agencies See Risks In Tender

THE Department of Community Services will transfer most of its responsibility for overseas adoptions to a non-profit agency as part of a plan to outsource more of its functions.

Proposals Make Adoption Easier

WOMEN will no longer have to stop their involvement in fertility programs - or lie about it - before they can apply to adopt children under changes to the Adoption Act tabled in Parliament yesterday.

Adoptions From India Under Scrutiny

THE State Government is reviewing the adoptions of two children arranged through an Indian agency accused of stealing "pretty" children from slums and trafficking them internationally.

State To Review Adoptions Tainted Agency Arranged

VICTORIA is reviewing the adoptions of two children arranged through an Indian agency accused of stealing "pretty" children from slums and trafficking them internationally.

Adopted Children 'stolen'

FAMILIES who are victims of an alleged Indian adoption racket face the prospect of having to return their children to their biological parents.

Heartbreak For Parents In Indian Child Scam

FAMILIES who are victims of an alleged Indian adoption racket face the prospect of having to return their child to their biological parents.

More Babies Likely For Overseas Adoption As China Opens Agency

The first Government-run adoption agency to open in China since 1949 is expected to see an increase in the number of Chinese babies adopted by overseas parents. Childless couples from the United States, Australia and other developed countries have come to China in recent years in the hope of bein

State Campaign On Adoption Is Attacked By Church

A State Government campaign aimed at encouraging people to adopt disabled children was branded as ``dishonest" yesterday by the Uniting Church's largest adoption agency. The executive director of Copelen child and family welfare services, Mr Peter Renkin, said the campaign misleads adoptive

Chadwick Axes Adoption Agency

The State Adoption Agency is to be axed, setting off fears among adoption workers that State wards and disabled babies will now have even less chance of finding families to adopt them. The decision, by the Minister for Family and Community Services, Mrs Chadwick, to close down the centre b