The news

A longstanding scheme allowing Queenslanders access to information used to help reconnect with family separated by the state’s historical adoption practices will be returned after the government back-tracked on heavily criticised changes.

The Justice Department wrote to Jigsaw Queensland, a forced adoption support service provider, on Tuesday to confirm the reversal, based on “further advice”.

This came two months after what had been described as a privacy-related crackdown.

Jigsaw welcomed the change, but lamented the distress and confusion the situation had caused members of the community and called for the rights to be enshrined in law to ensure a similar scenario did not occur again.

Why it matters

Unexpectedly and without consultation, the government in early September

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