Nation unites behind right to differ
IT is supposed to be the day that unites us but could it really be Australia Day without a little division?
Caroline Overington
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Foster parenting and 33 years of love
IN the mid-1970s, Deborah Young was a Sydney girl who dated shaggy-headed surfer dudes. Cedric Lee was the son of Bing Lee, of the electric goods retail empire.
‘Compulsive’ foster mother axed
THEY were the kind of children who normally end up in an institution, but with no warning, all were removed from their foster mum.
Bloggers cry ‘foul’ as censor ring tightens
IT has been dubbed the Great Barrier — a vast ring of censorship that the Government wants to wrap around the internet, ostensibly to protect the young from child pornography.
Building a good community home for kids
A GROUP of indigenous women in Cape York are among the first in the country to take advantage of policies that encourage private companies to enter the business of foster care.
Dangers lurk in cash present
CHRISTMAS is coming, but the cupboard won’t be bare. Millions of Australia’s cash-strapped families, black and white, are about to get the biggest pay day of their lives.
School chaplains ‘worked miracles’
GOD has cured at least one state school student of attention deficit disorder and another of asthma, according to interviews with chaplains employed in 2850 schools under a $165 million federal government program.
Genesis of complaint
FOR one father, godliness is next to intolerable. He is taking on Education Queensland for exposing his daughter to Christian stories.
Quarrels galore on icon’s future
YOU would think that with the death of Joern Utzon, squabbling over the design of the Opera House would come to an end.
More Aboriginal children in care
WELFARE workers in NSW are removing Aboriginal children from their homes in numbers far greater than during the Stolen Generations.
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