Children
Children in detention: A government without compassion

Prime Minister Tony Abbott dismisses a damning Human Rights Commission report into children in ...  
Here we Joh again! Schoolies Week in Surfers and the Newman police state

It's Schoolies Week on the Gold Coast and the Queensland Police Service are out in force — maybe ...  
Children protesting against Abbott

Should we be taking our kids to anti-Abbott protests and inculcating them in our progressive ...  
Trapped inside (Part 3): AHPRA protects alleged sex offenders

After Fiona Barnett was bullied out of her Bond University psychology course, health regulator ...  
Is Anzac a danger to children?

A lot of Australia’s war commemorations are directed at children, which may be a danger to their ...  
Antony Kidman dies amidst child abuse allegations

ON WHITE BALLOON DAY 2014, September 7, an event meaningful to me because it raises awareness for ...  
Christmas Island child detainees: Australia's cruelty and inhumanity

Paediatrics Professor Elizabeth Elliott was invited by the Human Rights Commission to examine the ...  
Trapped inside (Part 2): Bond University exposed

Bond Uni has been in the news recently with criminologist lecturer Professor Paul Wilson facing ...  
Stop killing children in Gaza, Bibi. Stop it now.

Bob Ellis begs Benjamin Netanyahu to show some morality and compassion, and stop the mass murder ...  
The disappointing Child Abuse Royal Commission

Child abuse victim and whistleblower Fiona Barnett reluctantly agrees the Royal Commission should ...  
Orwell and the PPL: The mothers who miss out

All babies are born equal, but some are more equal than others, writes Bob Ellis.  
Abbott's attack on youth: The birth of a lost generation

The misguided policies of the Abbott Government will turn young people who need a little help from ...  
Trapped inside Australia’s vast child abuse network (Part 1)

In the first part of a heartbreaking, yet inspiring, three part series, child abuse victim Fiona ...  
Screen Themes — The Lego movie vs Captain America: The Winter Soldier

This week, entertainment editor John Turnbull reviews two movies that by all rights should be ...  
Hogtie victim’s mother speaks out

Rebecca, the mother of the boy hogtied by paediatrician Dr Neville Davis, finally speaks about the ...  
Gold Coast 'hog-tie' paediatrician: More mothers speak out

Four mothers come forward to share their shocking experiences of consulting Dr Neville Davis, who ...  
Getting mothers back to work

The difficulty for mothers to return to work is an enormous economic problem, says Tom Rundle, who ...  
Working to Stymie the cycle of teenage bullying

Innovative new anti-bullying website stymie.com.au allows bystanders to speak up for their bullied ...  

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