
NSW Government puts religion ahead of children by failing to abolish the secrecy of the confessional
The NSW Government has failed to remove the outdated and dangerous practice of priests and ministers using the seal of the confessional to avoid reporting child sexual abuse to the police. This was one of the most important symbolic recommendations from the Royal...
read moreCoalition lining up one third of the state for biggest ever privatisation
The Coalition government has lined up almost one third of the state for privatisation and increased land clearing, as it proposes to sell the land on which more than 4,300 grazing leases are held, across 32 million hectares of publicly owned land in western NSW. On 19...
read moreMinister’s Offensive Stolen Generations Comments Condemned in NSW Parliament
Federal Minister David Gillespie’s call for more Aboriginal children to be adopted by non-Aboriginal families is divisive, offensive and a grossly inappropriate argument for a continuing the Stolen Generations. The Minister’s comments have already produced appalling...
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