INTRODUCTION
A new piece of legislation is likely to be introduced by the Australian Government in 2017-2018 which will, in effect, ban the facilitation of ‘orphanage tourism’ and seek to address the links between Australian foreign aid funding and ‘orphanage trafficking’ overseas.
This briefing note has been written to give Australian churches an overview of the issue and an understanding of the likely ramifications of the legislation for churches which engage in short-term missions (STM) and/or are funding overseas ‘orphanages’ (any form of residential care for children, hereby called RCIs).
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