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Why Doesn’t She Leave?

Wendy Williams, Thursday, 8th March 2018 -  The question most commonly asked by people trying to understand domestic violence is why doesn’t she just leave? But this is not only a question with a complicated answer, it is the wrong question to ask, writes Wendy Williams.
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Why We Must Be Vigilant: Creating Child Safe Organisations

Contributor, Thursday, 8th March 2018 -  Child safety should not be a compliance task but rather something that shapes the fabric of an organisation, writes Criterion ahead of the upcoming Creating Child Safe Organisations conference.
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Charity Concerns on the Rise, ACNC Says

Luke Michael, Wednesday, 7th March 2018 -  Concerns about Australian charities rose by 42 per cent in 2017, according to a new report from the national charity regulator.

Analysis

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The Issue of Equity in the Market

Gemma Carey, Tuesday, 6th March 2018 -  Markets are all well and good, but with the NDIS, we have to be careful that we don’t sacrifice equity in the name of efficiency, writes Associate Professor Gemma Carey.
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Government Launches Campaign to Stop Orphanage Tourism

Luke Michael, Friday, 2nd March 2018 -  The federal government has launched a new campaign to discourage Australians from engaging in misleading overseas volunteer programs, which are contributing to child exploitation through the practice of orphanage tourism.

Opinion

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Hope For The Environment in 2018?

Georgia Gibson, Thursday, 1st March 2018 -  Georgia Gibson takes a look at the most exciting initiatives around the world in 2018.
MacKillop Family Services CEO Dr Robyn Miller

Child Safe Organisations: Prevention and Practice Beyond the Royal Commission

Contributor, Thursday, 1st March 2018 -  It is critical that the lessons learned from the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse do not fade with time, writes MacKillop Family Services ahead of the upcoming Child Safe Organisations conference.
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NFP Report Sparks Calls to Make Youth Mental Health A National Priority

Wendy Williams, Wednesday, 28th February 2018 -  Australia’s mental health commissioner has called for child and youth mental health to be a national priority, after a not-for-profit report revealed Australia ranks in the “middle of the pack” among developed nations on most key measures of ch

In Conversation

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In Conversation With Natasha Stott Despoja AM

Wendy Williams, Tuesday, 27th February 2018 -  Natasha Stott Despoja AM is the founding chair of Our Watch, the former Australian UN Ambassador for women and girls and a former leader of the Australian Democrats.
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Social Media Campaign Looks to End Use Of the Word ‘Retard’

Luke Michael, Monday, 26th February 2018 -  A new campaign has been launched in Western Australia urging people to stop using the word “retard”, with the word appearing on social media approximately every five seconds according to WA’s disabilities minister.

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