Anglicare refused to assess Aboriginal baby’s aunt as carer because she was in same-sex relationship, court hears
by Lorena Allam from World news | The Guardian on (#6JCR3)
Magistrate says orders would have robbed' the nine-month-old girl, who has complex needs, of being raised by her family
Anglicare refused to assess the Aboriginal aunt of an Aboriginal baby as a long-term carer because she was in a same-sex relationship and, with the knowledge of the New South Wales government, sought to have the baby adopted to a non-Indigenous couple, a court has heard.
The nine-month-old, who cannot be identified for legal reasons and is known to the court by the pseudonym Daisy, has complex needs. At four days old, Daisy was discharged to the Anglicare adoption agency and placed with a non-Indigenous couple as authorised pre-adoptive carers", court documents show.
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