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Is the Australian government scared of children?
Children’s complaints to the UN could embarrass Canberra, but should be heard. By Dr Paula Gerber and Melissa Castan Is the Australian Government scared of children? Is there any other explanation for why we have refused to sign on to the new system that allows children to bring complaints of human rights violations to the…
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Children’s Ground: A model that could end intergenerational poverty in Australia
By Claerwen O’Hara, Castan Centre In-House Intern Short and long videos of our event with Children’s Ground can be found at the bottom of this article. Children’s Ground is an innovative organisation that works with children in communities that are devastated by intergenerational poverty and inequity. While the model has been inspired and reinforced by…
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Children’s rights versus freedom of religion: the sanctity of the confessional seal
Children’s rights versus freedom of religion: the sanctity of the confessional seal By Sarah Joseph, Monash University In response to the ongoing cascade of accusations and evidence of systemic and decades long child abuse, the federal government finally announced a Royal Commission into institutional responses to child sexual abuse on Monday. One possible recommendation is…
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Doctors’ views on same-sex marriage are ill-informed
By Paula Gerber The Herald Sun has reported (13 May 2012) that 22 Victorian doctors have come out in opposition to same-sex marriage on the basis that “the evidence is clear that children who grow up in a family with a mother and father do better in all parameters than children without“. The clear inference…
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