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Join Award-Winning Family & Surrogacy Lawyers, Bruce Provan and Stephen Page who interviews lawyers, doctors, counsellors, parents, surrogates, scientists, donors and others who are the moving parts bringing together the ability to form families through surrogacy, and when families fall apart. Interviewees talk about their personal journeys through life, leading to their passion in their respective fields.
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Sharing stories and experiences of Australians who have been through Adoption and Foster Care. The stories are sometimes complex and tackle difficult issues which span over 50 plus years. From children that have been in an under resourced system to Australia's traumatic history of forced adoptions and the stolen generations. But through this darkness comes light - there are also stories of hope, courage resilience and love. My Unknown Truth is hosted by Nadia Levett, born and raised in Austr ...
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Send us a Text Message. In this video, Accredited Family Law Specialist, Bruce Provan discusses how to protect your business in a family law dispute. In Queensland family law disputes, protecting your business interests is a critical consideration. The Family Law Act 1975 (Cth) governs the division of property, including business assets, in the eve…
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Today I will be speaking to an international adoptee from Chicago, Julie who is also a author–memoirist, essayist, and columnist– who writes about finding out who you are, where you come from, and making sense of it. At 48, julie was sent for a breast biopsy. This incident highlighted what closed adoption prevented her from knowing: her birth circu…
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Today’s guest, Lisa was born in England in 1970 and was adopted at six weeks of age into a family who had already adopted a son. Lisa’s family moved to Australia when she was two years old and the family grew to include a biological daughter. Lisa’s story of reunion spans decades, two continents and is a testament to her determination, resilience a…
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Send us a Text Message. In this podcast, Page Provan, Director and Accredited Family Law Specialist, commends Nicky for receiving the QLS President's Medal. The Queensland Law Society President's Medal is the highest award given by the society. Nicky received the award due to her leadership, her ability as a lawyer, and her compassion. Contact Step…
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Send us a Text Message. In this podcast, Page Provan Director and Accredited Family Law Specialist, Stephen Page provides updates on the two current surrogacy changes happening in the ACT. The first change is amendments to ACT surrogacy laws and the second is a bill to regulate IVF practices in the ACT. Contact Stephen: www.pageprovan.com.au…
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Send us a Text Message. In this podcast, Page Provan Director and Accredited Family Law Specialist, Stephen Page talks about his involvement over the past year in the ‘All Kids are Equal Campaign‘ that is run by Rainbow Families, the role of the campaign and how this campaign can change how the nation will look at surrogacy. Learn more: https://www…
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Jo is a late discovery adoptee who discovered at the age of 46 that everything that she had known to be true about her identity and family was no longer, it was like a sudden and tragic death. The information that blew her world apart was a diary kept by her recently deceased maternal grandmother “Nanny” that spanned the years 1960-1965. Jo immedia…
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When Brendan was eight years old, his parents told him he was adopted. In his late twenties, he found out the identity of his birth mother – but she wanted nothing to do with him. For thirty years there was only limited communication with his birth mother, and he knew nothing about his birth father. It wasn’t until 2018, a DNA test led him to the t…
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Jo is an adopted person, born in Adelaide in 1969. She lives with her family in Sydney’s Northern Beaches. Creativity has been a constant in her life and she worked in advertising, marketing and design for many years, but is now quietly forging a new path as a yoga teacher after feeling its transformative effects in her own life. I first met Jo at …
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Today I am interviewing a gentleman by the name of Rowan Dent in Sydney’s Northern Beaches. Rowan is a father of one who has been impacted by adoption and has seen first hand, the joy and love adoption has played in his life. Rowan attributes his successes in business and sport to the fundamental values that were given to him by his adopted mother …
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