Children
Open letter to Cory Bernardi and Paul Sheehan from a single mother

Julie Boyd writes an open letter to Cory Bernardi and Paul Sheehan, regarding their recent harsh ...  
Children at play: The war on pink

There is a resurgence in response to the wash of pink aisles for little girls, by those who object ...  
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Gold Coast doctor faces child abuse allegations

  A Gold Coast paediatrician is likely to face charges after allegedly hog-tying a young ...  
National Apology for Forced Adoptions

Amid the political chaos yesterday, a ray of light, as Prime Minister Julia Gillard delivered a ...  
Pell fire and brimstone

David Marr's new Quarterly Essay on Cardinal George Pell reveals a man totally unfit for high ...  
The Catholic Church and child sexual abuse

  During the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, numerous ...  
Child Abuse Royal Commission ‘at risk’

Whistleblower and investigator Fiona Barnett writes about her experience before the the Royal ...  
It's a boy! D.O.A. Christmas Island July 2013

The tearful celebrations over the birth of a British prince have overshadowed the tragic loss of a ...  
A child is born

A baby is born in another part of the world — so why isn't Gee bursting with excitement, as TV ...  
NSW police protects alleged Tweed Heads paedophile ring

In 2004, concerned parent and whistleblower Fiona Barnett became determined to end teacher Gary ...  
NSW Education Department covers up teacher’s alleged 18-year child sex abuse spree

The Royal Commission into Child Sexual Abuse, which has commenced private hearings in Brisbane ...  
NSW Government — delivering us not from evil

While institutional child abuse victims tell their horror stories in front of the Royal Commiss ...  
Archbishop Hart plays John the Baptist to Cardinal Pell's anti-Christ

The “better late than never” performance by Archbishop Denis Hart has set the scene for ...  
Delinquent fathers must face responsibilities

The Government must make a stand to ensure delinquent fathers own up to their responsibilities to ...  
Tony Abbott and the sin of omission

Tony Abbott was criticised by what he said in his speech on forced adoptions, but it was what he ...  
Education reforms far from Gonski

  The Gonski reforms are a once in a generation opportunity to change to the way school ...  
Wasting public money on the Steiner system

There's no place for poorly researched spiritually based hocus pocus in the publicly funded sch ...  
The story of Mustafa

Eight-year-old Mustafa came to Australia on a boat from Afghanistan without his family, and was in ...  

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