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Fertility rate falls: More and more Australians are choosing to be child-free

For a growing number of Australians, the decision to remain child-free is a rational calculation ...  
Submission by the family of Bridgette "Biddy" Porter to the NSW Law and Safety Committee

A submission by the family of Bridgette “Biddy” Porter highlights how repeated forensic ...  
The Epstein Files and Australia's elite underground 'pedocracy'

Recent developments, including the Epstein Files, prompt renewed scrutiny of long-standing alle ...  
Australia’s social media ban offers lessons for the Netherlands

Dutch researchers use Australia's social media ban as a case study to find ways to make digi ...  
Beyond behaviour: Understanding neurodivergent overwhelm

When a neurodivergent child melts down or shuts down, experts say the behaviour is often a signal ...  
World Schizophrenia Awareness Day: Schizophrenia has a story that we need to start listening to

Stigma around schizophrenia makes secrecy feel necessary, adding another layer of anguish.  
Funding, advantage and Australian schools: Why inequality persists despite reform

Education funding is now more about sustaining advantage than addressing need.  
Remembering Desmond Filby: Sovereign Citizen and accused child flasher

Desmond Filby, the man commonly called by the media "Dezi Freeman", was shot by police, but shou ...  
Australia’s youth detention system punishes kids but fails to rehabilitate them

The punitive approach of our youth detention system only serves narrow, short-term political ...  
Albanese's victimisation of "ISIS brides" and innocent children is appalling

Despite languishing for years in an atrocious conditions, Australia's PM belligerently refu ...  
The AFL enters a concussive new season still stumbling around

Australian football has the highest rate of concussion of any team sport in the world, but play ...  
Condescending and harmful: An update on Australia’s social media ban

The social media ban was sold to the public as protection, but evidence shows disadvantaged ...  
After the Apology: Why forced adoption Is not settled history

Forced adoption in Australia is often treated as a closed chapter, but the record tells a diffe ...  
Why regulation alone won’t fix early childhood quality and safety

Tightening rules may reduce risk, but only a truly professionalised workforce can deliver the ...  
Bondi after the bullets

I was at a birthday dinner when I received a message from my brother that immediately felt wrong. ...  
Social media ban: A chance for childhood to breathe again

A looming social media ban could feel like punishment to today’s teens, but it may end up being ...  
Murder, child pornography, ballrooms and Trump's new Saudi bestie

Managing editor Michelle Pini examines recent White House events and considers whether Americans ...  
Child suicide in care: A tragedy the State won’t count

Systemic data gaps and secrecy are masking a national crisis in child protection.  
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