In the minds of many, there are no more scarier words than these: “Hi, we’re from the government and we’re here to help you”. Patronising…
Not all atheists are civil libertarians, and not all libertarians are atheists. But much like salt and pepper, more often than not they go together.…
When radical social experiments are undertaken, it takes a while for the dust to settle and for clear assessments to be made as to how…
Fatherlessness is a growing problem in the Western world. Whether caused by divorce and broken families, or by deliberate single parenting, more and more children…
In June over 200 people gathered in Sydney’s Parliament House for Drug Summit 2000. Organised by Major Brian Watters of the Salvation Army, Jill Pearman…
The case of the Ringwood mother who was found guilty of assault has again opened up the debate about spanking in particular and corporal punishment…
The Senate Legal and Constitutional References Committee has released its “Inquiry into Sexuality Discrimination” report. This report follows from a number of oral and written…
Shield, 1996. Today drug use/abuse is not confined to the fringes of society. It is becoming mainstream, glamourised in films, music and magazines. As a…
The latest ABS catalogue on marriage and divorce says that 4 out of 10 marriages will eventually end in divorce. Over the years the divorce…
Australia has been asked to respond to a United Nations program, the World Declaration on the Survival, Protection and Development of Children. Called the Program…
The International Year of the Family Council has launched its first discussion paper entitled “The Heart of the Matter: Families at the Centre of Public…
California, for those who know anything about that famous American state, is regarded by many as a land of fruits and nuts. All things weird…
The Rockford Institute, 1988. “We are busily unmaking one of the proudest social achievements in the nineteenth century, which was to take married women out…