Gee, that is a very big number.

I would support this cause 120% myself and my partner have considered adoption but they make it too hard to do. I can give a child a loving home…loving parents..loving siblings but unless i can show that i have the funds to raise a child till they are 18 which i can not do… i could afford a child but on paper persay i couldnt. Its a very fine line.

We need more people to bring this issue to light

Is really sad and if adoption was a a little easier im sure many people would adopt children from here rather than going overseas. Good on Deborrah-Lee for shining light in the issue.

Such chilling figures for our own countries children. No doubt many are from disadvantaged communities in regional and remote Australia, as well as urban areas. We really do need to do more for these people and their families. Great awareness campaign.

this is sad to read. too many kids for sure! good on deborah though for using her fame for a good cause, especially for those kids that don’t have a voice. she speaks from experience i guess

That’s so sad that there are do many children in foster care. The adoption rules in Australia make it do hard for people to adopt

My children whom are 21 and 19, did not realise just how hard it is for children to be adopted here in Australia. They were outraged and saddened to think that are so many children out there, needing love and attention and it is not happening quickly enough. Thank god, for the Jackman’s and others like them, trying to change the system.

They are a wonderful couple.

50,000 kids in foster care? That’s impressive indeed.
I don’t know if I would be a good foster carer.

Childhood should be the happiest time in a person’s life, yet so many children never get to feel safe and secure. My heart goes out to them.

Wow, I did not realise that there were that many kids up for adoption.

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  • • kimmya4 replied
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  I don’t think there are that many for adoption. That’s just how many kids in foster care. Just because they are in foster care doesn’t mean their biological parents will allow them to be adopted. Some kids spend their whole lives in foster care. It’s too sad. Their own parents can’t take care of them but they won’t allow them to be stable and a permanent part of someone else’s family.

What shocking figures! I f we have so many kids in Australia ready for adoption, why are people looking overseas, why isn’t it happening in Australa! Yes, I will be heading over and telling my story to support this wonderful cause

Wow, I did not realize that so many kids were up for adoption. That is a huge number.