Two small primary schools and their mottos: A case study

18 Jan 2018 | Experienced educator Dr Lee Duffield looks at the mottos and exhortations of two neightbouring ...  

Australia's child protection system is ripping families apart

9 Jan 2018 | Child protection and family services should focus on assisting vulnerable families as opposed to ...  

Happy New Year, gang! Turnbull and Dutton's horror start to 2018

5 Jan 2018 | Forget Dutton's scares about gangs on the streets of Melbourne, writes managing editor Dave ...  

DUNCAN STORRAR: The Royal Commission: Why I just had to go

4 Jan 2018 | Duncan Storrar was abused in state-run facilities as a child. It scarred him for life. Duncan ...  

Turnbull’s brutal 'redress' compensates only 'good' child sex abuse victims

19 Dec 2017 | No adult crime erases the legitimacy of trauma caused by childhood abuse, yet Turnbull’s two- ...  

Royal Commission recommends sweeping reforms for Catholic Church

16 Dec 2017 | There were more than four times the number of child abuse allegations against the Catholic Church ...  

Australia's abominable secret: A suicide crisis among children

15 Nov 2017 | Australia's suicide rates among Indigenous children is a national abomination borne of dirt-poor ...  

Duncan Storrar: Porter's cruel 'redress' joke for abuse victims

13 Nov 2017 | Institutional abuse victim Duncan Storrar says the Commonwealth Redress Scheme is a cruel joke ...  

Gaoling children: Australia’s latest method of 'keeping people safe'

9 Oct 2017 | The Turnbull Government, with the eager support of the state premiers, is marching us towards ...  

Child Sexual Abuse Royal Commission and the Catholic confessional sanctity

22 Aug 2017 | The Catholic Church’s systemic abuse of children exposes a corrupt medieval hierarchy, which ...  

Cardinal: The story of abuse, cover-up and arrogance in the Catholic Church

7 Jul 2017 | Doc Martin very carefully reviews Louise Milligan's sensational new book 'Cardinal'.  

How successive gov'ts have ensured we'll have a gangland war in 5 to 10 years

2 Jul 2017 |  

BREAKING NEWS: Cardinal Pell charged with multiple child sex assaults

29 Jun 2017 | Pell, who now lives in Rome, is required to appear at the Melbourne Magistrates' Court on Tuesday ...  

Hanson's autism remarks miss the point of NDIS, Gonski and so much more

23 Jun 2017 | Hanson is ill-informed and divisive. However, parents of children with disabilities owe her thanks ...  

Food: The good, the bad and the health star rating system

19 Jun 2017 | Is the government focus on categorising food choices actually setting our children up for eating ...  

Think for yourself: Fidget spinners

10 Jun 2017 | They’re the latest craze, but are fidget spinners an invaluable learning aid or simply a dist ...  

Anthony Foster: A colossus between sex abuse victims and the church

30 May 2017 | A farewell to the unwavering advocate for Catholic Church victims of child sex abuse, Anthony ...