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Tweet Tony Abbott was criticised by what he said in his speech on forced adoptions, but it was what he didn’t say that most revealed his character, says Gordon Aplin. On 21 March 2013, Prime Minister Julia Gillard delivered an eloquent...
Tweet The Gonski reforms are a once in a generation opportunity to change to the way school education is funded in Australia. The tough sell to defiant premiers is on in earnest and the battle is far from over. Matthew N. Donovan delves into...
Tweet Amid the political chaos yesterday, a ray of light, as Prime Minister Julia Gillard delivered a heartfelt and long overdue national apology for forced adoptions. National Apology for Forced Adoptions (Delivered by Prime Minister Julia...
Tweet There’s no place for poorly researched spiritually based hocus pocus in the publicly funded school system, writes Sarah McKenzie. LIKE THOUSANDS of parents across the country, we recently sent our eldest child off on her first day...
Tweet Eight-year-old Mustafa came to Australia on a boat from Afghanistan without his family, and was in Woomera on his own. Marilyn Shepherd tells his sad story. Sarah Hanson-Young with pictures drawn by Nauru children. One caption reads: ”When...
Tweet On Volunteers Day, Peter ‘Wings’ Wicks asks you to support a very good cause — without even needing to open your wallet. This morning I awoke to find a message in my Facebook inbox – or whatever it’s called on Facebook...
Tweet One of Cory Bernardi’s Tea Party-style websites, Menzies House, has started promoting child labour as the panacea to Australian welfare dependency. Dan Gulberry from The Daily Derp reports. Menzies House, the website set up by Cory Bernardi,...
Tweet It has overwhelming public popularity, but Frank O’Shea asks whether a Royal Commission into child sexual abuse is really necessary — or even worthwhile. With 95 per cent public support, is there a possibility the Royal Commission...
Tweet When the Royal Commission comes to considering child abuse and who committed it — where do you draw the line, asks Bob Ellis. I THOUGHT Leigh Sales was wrong to ask, repeatedly, Brendan O’Connor why not probe, exclusively, the Catholic...
Tweet Yesterday, by declaring the confessional inviolate, Cardinal George Pell continued the Catholic Church’s long practice of hindering child abuse investigations. Senior correspondent Barry Everingham comments. (Image courtesy Craig Greenhill...
