Kelly tragedy shows we must do more for our young
So "370,000 Australians think about ending their life every year", and " one in three of the deaths of people aged 15 to 19 is due to suicide"?
So "370,000 Australians think about ending their life every year", and " one in three of the deaths of people aged 15 to 19 is due to suicide"?
Mean-spirited revenge, craven pandering to right-wing MPs or a fair call based on an assessment of Kevin Rudd from Queensland's personal failings, the Rudd Snub divided opinion this week.
Those of us who worked on earlier censuses had to make three calls back to collect from every house, account for every visitor and help every homeless person fill in a form.
Federal Education Minister Simon Birmingham says he wants "evidence-based" measures to drive improvements in NAPLAN results.
if you actively talk to your child about religious beliefs then you will be creating a bias in favour of religion.
Surely it is only common sense to have an Indigenous person as head of the Royal Commission into the NT Juvenile Detention Centre.
Some of the biggest names in Sydney's arts community have written to the Chancellor of Sydney University, Belinda Hutchinson, and Vice Chancellor Michael Spence in support of the Sydney College of the Arts.
In his article ('Malcolm Turnbull in fear of his party is a bad omen", July 30-31) Peter Hartcher says: "Australia should nominate an Australian for a global competition and wish him (sic) luck."
Perhaps parents should consider installing an inwards facing Dash Cam in their teen's car as a condition of letting them drive so their every action - and that of their passengers - is recorded.
While considering royal commissions into juvenile gaols in the NT, accountability established and recognition given that the "cures" have not been working, the following generations must also be considered.
Without complaints by the alleged victims and witnesses, no story exists, yet Cardinal Pell refuses (at least publicly) to attack the credibility or veracity of those making sexual allegations against him. Am I missing something?
No doubt, as with deaths in custody and other commission reports, recommendations will be made and the government will say it has already started to implement the recommendations.
The Chief Minister of the Northern Territory and the responsible minister must resign. They are ultimately responsible for each second of the footage that we watched. At the very least, they are responsible for having done nothing before being shamed by the media.
A royal commission is a good start but it's not enough. Tell those children they are loved and that the people of Australia will watch over them as best we can. Tell them today.
The factions in both major parties will continue to have dominant roles in choosing ministry and shadow ministry posts, with Labor deals more open to public view.
Mediscare's first cousin Pharmascare has arrived. Blood sugar test strips which are essential to diabetes management are set to rise in price from $1.20 to $60 per packet.
The editorial headline "Trump's extreme pitch aimed at scared, ignorant" (July 23-24) is misdirected: it's the political classes and their opinion minions that are ignorant of how to connect with a disenfranchised electorate and they're scared, really scared, because it would seem Donald Trump, Pauline Hanson and their ilk aren't. Peter Fyfe Erskineville
When TV personalities try politics, things can go awry. Just ask the Republican Party or, closer to home, Sonia Kruger.
A "revolution in renters' rights" will not be achieved while addressing one major element that has created "a system that divides people into haves and have-nots by property ownership" is persistently omitted ("We need a revolution in renters' rights", July 22). It's not only "Australians" who "speculate on property like it's a casino", and landlords are not exclusvely "a cottage industry of mum and dad investors and amateur speculators". An increasing proportion are foreign investors.
I applaud the NSW government's latest proposed overhaul of the HSC ("Major changes to HSC syllabus, July 21.)
We are constantly seeing articles about the lack of affordable housing for young people and how the baby boomers own all the property. ("Home Ownership Collapses'", July 20.)
It's never too soon for our mainstream politicians to stand up publicly and defend the right of all Australians to lead a life free of harassment and prejudice
Has there ever been a more agile backflipper of a prime minister than Malcolm Turnbull?
We all need a sense of belonging and cells or gangs are one way young men can experience brotherhood. Throw in a cause like religion and the wrongs done to its followers and you will have young men anxious to redeem themselves from murky pasts by giving their own lives and at the same time bumping off infidels.
Malcolm Turnbull's concern about the use of taxpayers' money is ringing a bit hollow.
In an alternate reality where Packer's gambling interests extended to greyhounds, the dogs would still be running.
If, as many suspect, the Baird Coalition government is pushing for private delivery of vocational training, which is, in effect, a neo-liberal policy of user-pays, it and its federal counterpart should be consistent.
China is engaging in imperialism, that is as crude as that of the British in China ("Flashpoint in the South China Sea", July 13).
Why does it come as no surprise that some Coalition MPs are more concerned over a conscience vote on greyhound racing than gay marriage ("Coalition split on greyhound racing decision", July 12)?
If that was a victory for Turnbull, he can't afford another one ("Now for the real test", July 11).
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