Secrets We Keep

Shame, Lies & Family - Bonus - Finding your family

If you or your family have been affected by forced adoption, it can be daunting to start your journey to find information about your history.  However support is available, and host Amelia Oberhardt speaks to two post adoption support services about how someone can navigate this journey.  <a href="https://www.dss.gov.au/families-and-children/programmes-services/family-relationships/forced-adoption-practices/support-services-for-people-affected-by-past-forced-adoption-policies-and-practices">Forced Adoption Support Service</a>: 1800 21 03 13 <a href="https://articles.listnr.com/news/affected-by-forced-adoption-heres-where-you-can-get-help/">List of organisations that can help</a> <a href="https://www.jigsawqueensland.com/adopt-perspective">Adopt Perspective Podcast </a> Featured:  Charlotte Smith - <a href="https://vanish.org.au/">CEO of Vanish </a> Jo-Ann Sparrow - <a href="https://www.jigsawqueensland.com/">President of Jigsaw Queensland </a> Rachel Bell - Social Worker, Forced Adoption Support Service  See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

Each season, Secrets We Keep investigates a different Australian secret.   
Secrets We Keep: Uncovered (Season 9): takes you inside some of the most important investigations of our time, with our expanding network of journalists and sources from around Australia and beyond. Every week, Uncovered pulls back the curtain on the stories powerful people hoped would stay buried, by speaking directly to those who lived and breathed them.
Jailbreak (Season 8): Journalist Tim Elliott details the extraordinary story of Darko Desic, a fugitive who lived for 30 years on the Northern Beaches of Sydney.
Lone Actor (Season 7): Joey Watson traces the radicalisation trajectory of the Christchurch terrorist, asking the question - did he really act alone? 
By Any Means (Season 6): An investigation into the modern fertility landscape, confronting complex questions about consent, identity and human rights. 
Should I Spit? (Season 5): The origin story of the multibillion dollar consumer DNA industry. From police hoping to solve cold murder cases, to one of the most powerful churches in the world, everyone seems to want a piece of what makes you, you. 
Pray Harder (Season 4): investigative journalist Richard Baker uncovers the unbelievable and compelling true story of Australia’s oldest and most hard line Pentecostal Church, the Geelong Revival Centre. 
Baghdad Nights (Season 3): Richard Baker takes you inside Australia's biggest corruption scandal, finding out how Australia funded a dictator in the lead up to the Iraq War. 
Nest of Traitors (Season 2): Joey Watson is pulled into the world of espionage, attempting to track down an Australian spy who turned to work for the enemy during the Cold War. 
Shame Lies &amp; Family (Season 1): A mystery photo of Amelia Oberhardt’s mum exposes the practice of shotgun marriages, forced adoption, and quiet abortions carried out in Australia until the 1980s.