One hundred children and teenagers on the radar of Victoria’s child protection services have died in just two years, a toll sparking new concerns about gaps in the state’s youth safety net. Victorian Coroners Court data, reveals SIDS, suicide, car
Independent senator David Pocock has expressed concern over Labor’s legislation to abolish the cashless debit card, urging the government to establish a clearer pathway to transition away from compulsory to voluntary income management. The calls come as several senators challenge
Australian school students have been subjected to rampant bullying because of their religious beliefs, according to a study into state schools. Sydney University’s Professor Emerita Suzanne Rutland and Professor Zehavit Gross from Bar Ilan University in Israel found Christian, Jewish,
The commissioner overseeing income management of welfare payments in north Queensland fears that without a proper replacement of the Cashless Debit Card (CDC) some people in Aboriginal communities will be “condemned to further poverty”. Federal bureaucrats have told a Senate
It will be harder for Christian schools to fire LGBTIQ+ teachers under an overhaul of Queensland’s anti-discrimination laws being considered by the Palaszczuk government. Queensland Human Rights Commissioner Scott McDougall has recommended exemptions given to church-run schools that allow them
Hillsong has announced a raft of changes on its governance structure as part of it’s journey to become a “healthy church”. Interim pastor Philip Dooley and chairman of the board Stephen Crouch shared the changes during a meeting with the
The WA Attorney General, John Quigley tabled the Law Reform Commission’s Report on its “Review of the Equal Opportunity Act” in the state Parliament on 16th August. It is of great concern to the Christian community that in tabling the report, the
The world is waking up to the profoundly inhuman medical and psychological harms that children with gender dysphoria are experiencing when referred to gender clinics. The international trend is moving away from prescribing puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones to children
The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference will advise schools that, for the vast majority of children and adolescents, gender incongruence is a psychological condition through which they will pass safely and naturally with supportive psychological care. Catholic schools have been strongly
Analysis following the release of the Independent Schools Australia (ISA) Research Report, School Enrolment Trends and Projections 2022 shows that once again Christian schools are the fastest growing sector. The Report shows that in 2021, enrolments in the Independent sector
