Fiona Patten
Miss Pearls had just shuttered Madame Brussels. Then a world behind closed doors beckoned
The smoke-cured laugh of Paula Scholes, aka Miss Pearls, can be heard day and night within the wood-panelled walls of the Kelvin Club.
- Chip Le Grand
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Tread carefully when it comes to rules on religious groups’ charitable status
Rather than being seen to question the beliefs or existence of particular groups, we can evaluate their conduct.
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Nick was told to ‘cast demons out’ because he was gay. Now he questions his old church’s charity status
Like many former members of the Potter’s House Christian Fellowship, Nick Iriks is frustrated that an organisation that has left him with significant trauma is a registered charity.
- Simone Fox Koob, Amelia Adams and Laura Sparkes
New Liberal MP uses first speech to slam equality ‘taken to extremes’
Moira Deeming used her first speech to parliament to slam left-wing school curriculums, decry the decriminalisation of sex work and take aim at the state government’s approach to gender-diverse young people.
- Broede Carmody
Andrews government sat on bail reform report for 11 months
Nearly a year before a coroner blasted Victoria’s bail laws, a parliamentary report recommended sweeping changes, but the Andrews government never responded.
- Annika Smethurst
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My delight in watching Scott Morrison held to account
Readers discuss Scott Morrison’s performance at the robo-debt royal commission.
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A mother’s son, Harry’s story is his to sell
Readers discuss Harry and Meghan and their Netflix series; as well as the killing of police officers in Queensland.
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Changemaker Fiona Patten leaves Victorian parliament with ‘unfinished business’
The Reason Party leader has left state parliament after eight years as a driving force for social change. She says she has much more work to do.
- Annika Smethurst
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Albanese must stand up to energy companies
Readers discuss the gas shortfall in Australia, and threats by suppliers over Albanese government caps.
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Political pressure pushed robo-debt on vulnerable
Readers discuss whether Scott Morrison and the government, or public servants, were to blame for robo-debt.
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