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Negative Mal, Big George and Baby Asha

Managing editor David Donovan comments on the top stories of the past week including news on ...  
EXCLUSIVE: Church victims seek leave to appear with Cardinal Pell in Rome

Lawyers for Catholic Church sex abuse victims are applying to the Royal Commission for leave for ...  
Ignorant Alan Jones and the Stolen Generations

Shock jock Alan Jones has declared that Indigenous Australians need more Stolen Generations. ...  
Gentrification is dividing Australian schools

Rather than being microcosms of the community, schools are increasingly divided by class and ...  
All I want is a Christmas Pell

All contributing editor-at-large Tess Lawrence wants is cowardly Cardinal Pell to come back home ...  
Scouts prepare to remove the Queen

The review of the Scout Promise to remove the oath to the Queen is not only about making the ...  
ABC loses child abuse victims' support after 'repulsive' Media Watch attack on Fiona Barnett

Following ABC Media Watch's misleading and defamatory attack on child abuse victim and whistleb ...  
Unethical ABC Media Watch attacks child abuse victim and whistleblower

ABC Media Watch last week launched an inaccurate, defamatory and unethical attack on IA contrib ...  
Putting children at risk: The story of Liam and our healthcare system

Paediatric surgeon Professor Paddy Dewan relates the saga of yet another victim of our failing ...  
Fiona Barnett: The 'Candy Girl', the Royal Commission and the NSW Police

Fiona Barnett details the mistreatment she has endured since testifying to the Child Abuse Royal ...  
One young boy's saga as a victim of puerile behaviour in our health care

Paediatric surgeon Professor Paddy Dewan relates the saga of one boy subjected to puerile behav ...  
Abuse survivor Fiona Barnett: The ‘Candy Girl’

Paedophile ring survivor Fiona Barnett shares her experiences since testifying before the Royal ...  
Just to be heard

Child molestation and abuse is not merely sexual, writes Hannah Odobia, who says all of us must be ...  
Teaching our kids: The ultimate position of power

Teachers wield enormous power, especially in early childhood. Sophie Love discusses the need for ...  
Scientific phenomenon: Storybooks that send your kids to sleep in no time flat

Finally: a legal, non-chemical, even scientifically approved way to get your kids to sleep. Kerry ...  
The *uck stops with Cardinal George Pell

Cardinal Pell has yet to give evidence to the Royal Commission into Child Abuse in Ballarat, but ...  
CHECKLIST: Is grandma fit to babysit?

Is grandma up to the task of looking after your delicate and adorable offspring? Consult Kerry ...  
Immigration workers ask to be charged under new Border Force gag laws

Scores of current and former workers at Australia's immigration detention centres write an open ...  
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