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Parents are increasingly choosing private over public education. Governments should respect that choice instead of undermining religious freedom and parental rights. For quite some time, I have been concerned about the attack upon private schools, and in particular, those who are faith-based. With almost boring [...]

Professor James Tooley, Vice-Chancellor at the University of Buckingham, discusses the role of education in the modern age, and the relationship between parental and government oversight in our education systems. Buckingham University is the oldest of only six private higher education institutions in the UK [...]

Ludwig van Beethoven said, “Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy. Music is the electrical soil in which the spirit lives, thinks and invents.” Ronnie James Dio, a former member of Black Sabbath, said, “Music, rock & roll music especially, is such [...]

Statistics suggest that every year in Australia, over 100 babies are born alive during failed abortion attempts and then left die. Please speak up for them. Last year, George Christensen drafted the Human Rights (Children Born Alive Protection) Bill 2022, in an effort to protect [...]

The proposed Family Law Amendment legislation by the Labor Government will be another case of rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic, instead of fixing the hole in the hull to stop the ship from going down. Many of the reform proposals, such as considering [...]

Just before Christmas, a significant religious discrimination decision was handed down in the Western Australian State Administrative Tribunal. In HORDYK and WANSLEA FAMILY SERVICES INC [2022] WASAT 117 (23 December 2022), the Tribunal held that Mr and Mrs Hordyk had been indirectly discriminated against on [...]

The question hit me with fresh force as I read it: ‘What gender is your child?’ I had read and answered similar questions before, at least about my gender. But this question from my son’s local soccer club about his gender gave the following options: [...]

I felt gutted when I heard the news, first published in The Australian newspaper, in an article titled "Dads ‘Cut Out’ in Changes to Family Law". Let me share a brief excerpt from the article by journalist Jess Malcolm. “A family law adviser to the [...]

If the Federal Government implements legal changes recommended by the Australian Law Reform Commission, religious schools will soon face the same gender identity and sexual orientation policies as state schools. In 2013, the federal Sex Discrimination Act (SDA) made a person’s self-identified gender identity and [...]

How should we best respond to our diabolical pop culture? What messages are our youth imbibing from such music and entertainment? There are at least two issues I want to discuss here. One is the old problem of calling out evil in society, and whether [...]

In these challenging times that we now live in, it is of vital importance that the church dedicates itself to maintaining a vigilant watch over our children who are our next generation.   I believe that the older generations of Christians -- mothers and fathers, teachers, [...]

Marriage matters, and women and children especially suffer without it. Many decades of social science research have conclusively demonstrated that heterosexual marriage is an invaluable social good, with benefits for adults, children and society at large. As a well-documented 2004 booklet that I was involved [...]

By Donna Allen It’s been a bit more than a year now since we engaged in a little social and educational experiment. A year since lockdowns and apartheid caused rifts in society and led to some serious free thinking about solutions. I have been a [...]

If you’re anything like me, there are news items that just blow your mind; you think, ‘How could this be?’ I’ve had a few of these days recently. Many of you can relate, I’m sure. Do you, like me, shake your head in disbelief when [...]

Did you know that in the first 18 years of your child’s life, 7.1 years will be spent in school? Over one-third of the days you have with your child until they go to university or leave school to go to work will be spent [...]

Although modern Western society may seem to be crumbling around us, we have cause for hope that there will be a revival of Godly living and healthy family life as people begin to discern the destructive lies of the Sexual Revolution. This article is Part [...]

A new children's book examines the mystery of suffering and pain. Exquisitely illustrated, it is an excellent tool for parents to discuss this big question with their children, mentally preparing them for the travails of life. “Life is hard, but we make it harder,” said [...]

For the past 15 years, both Labor and Coalition governments have slashed tax relief and benefits to single-income two-parent households with dependent children, but have increased childcare funding for wealthier couples who enjoy two full-time incomes. Households in which one of the spouses leaves paid [...]

The heart of democracy is the ability to conduct civil discourse, teasing out the benefits and pitfalls of various ideas and courses of action. When we lose the ability to make genuine conversation and shy away from robust debate, our society becomes enslaved to soundbites [...]

On October 25, 2022, American Catholic author and social commentator Mary Eberstadt visited the Archdiocese of Melbourne and gave an address in the presence of Archbishop Peter Comensoli at the Catholic Leadership Centre in East Melbourne. Mary Eberstadt is the author of many articles on [...]