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 ...  

Newscorp and Caleb Bond's half-baked opinions: Australians deserve better

18 May 2017 | Shouldn’t pre-voting age teens be asked to provide some evidence before smearing their opinions ...  

A 92 year old woman's plea for justice from the Catholic Church

23 Feb 2017 | Eileen Piper fights for justice from the Church for her only daughter, Stephanie, who suicided at ...  

Milo and the alt-right: Is there honour even amongst morality’s dregs?

23 Feb 2017 | It's now OK to slander on grounds of race, sexual preference and gender but not paedophilia. Who ...  

New books and Australian made polo shirts in the IA store

11 Dec 2016 | Independent Australia is doing much more than Malcolm and Scott to support Australian made prod ...  

Australia's shame: Some communities have 600 times the national suicide rate

2 Dec 2016 | Nearly one in three of the nation’s child suicides are of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ...  

Child protection myth: Bigger budgets 'save' families

2 Nov 2016 | Let's radically reduce child protection budgets so the focus is only on genuinely at-risk child ...  

Three VicPol Magi journey to Rome: Not for Messiah but Messianic Pell

28 Oct 2016 | Let us hope that the three wise persons from Downunder bring home with them the joyous gift of ...  

Young refugees are bringing hope to Gaza through sport

23 Oct 2016 | Defying ongoing oppression, young refugees in Gaza are making their mark in international sport ...  

The day of reckoning for the Children of Despair

20 Oct 2016 | This week has shown that the Australian public don't care about immigrant children being abused in ...  

Evidence shows crimes committed by our government on Nauru and Manus

14 Oct 2016 | Evidence of crimes committed by Australia on Manus and Nauru is compelling, say Greg Barns and ...