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One day I was in a shopping mall and happened to overhear this conversation from a table near me. There was a dad with his teenage son, about 13 years old...

All our vain posturing, criticism, and attempts to stem the rising tide of social problems actually have a solution — so simple, it’s easy to miss. Instead of trying to address the results, the only real solution will be found when we address the source.

Men and boys are struggling mentally, physically, academically, economically, and spiritually because of the absence of fathers, the failures of our education system and policies, and changes in both the job market and our culture.

In the early seventies, Barry Williams became acutely aware, as a single father to four young children, including a 13-month-old baby, of the lack of support for men and fathers. His lifelong advocacy for single parents and their children has been phenomenal.

As the Tasmanian Anglican report outlines, the love of money — as pursued in gambling — leads to a plethora of problems involving health, social, psychological, work/study, finances, culture and criminality.

The hyper-sexualisation of culture is a growing concern. But a new Christian resource called 'What's Normal' has just been launched to counter this trend.

Secret Men’s Business will help you confront the issues of pornography and lust that are the proverbial elephants in the room for us modern men.

The modern welfare state, first designed to help out the deserving poor, has mushroomed into a massive bureaucratic nightmare, causing as much harm as good – perhaps more.

A reflection on Big Pharma, the US Food and Drug Administration, the legal system and modern society. The OxyContin story exposes the underbelly of our culture that has rejected God.

by Dr Karen Broadley Over the past two decades, there have been ongoing and polarising debates about medically supervised injecting rooms. Typically, in Australia, the Liberal-National Party Coalition has been opposed to injecting rooms because of the impact on the safety and wellbeing of surrounding [...]

Clear thinking on law and morality. As I have often said, I am not a libertarian, although two years of Covid lockdown madness and health fascism have certainly moved me a bit further along in that direction! But I still believe there is a place [...]

Welcome to part 1 of this essay on media bias. About five years ago, I woke up to the bias of the ABC, and ever since then I no longer listen to her at home or in the car, unless it's ‘Classic FM’! In this [...]

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, [...]

We are living in an era where social breakdown and moral decay are drawing heavily on the state's resources and collective wisdom. The elucidative bankruptcy of the state’s ‘wise men’ is being exposed, as surely as it was in the ancient empires of Egypt and [...]

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 [...]

Over the last 20 years, I have seen a lot of people come into the men’s movement with big promises and even bigger egos. Mostly they blow in, blow up and then blow out. Sadly, they often hurt other men in the process. I don’t [...]

Launched in 1999, and now celebrated in more than 90 countries worldwide, International Men’s Day is going from strength to strength. International Men’s Day celebrates positive male role models and the loving strength that men bring to their families and communities. We highlight the need [...]

Hostile Territory, the latest offering from actor, director, and writer Brian Presley, has all the right dads-for-kids ingredients. Set in Missouri in the mid-1860s, the 2022 film is an award-worthy western with a crisp contemporary edge. The well-thought-out script follows battle-hardened Union army Captain Jack [...]

This Father's Day, may fathers everywhere receive a big bundle of love from their children. May healing and reconciliation take place where required, and may fathers step up to their calling as loving dads and role models for their offspring. The team at Dads4Kids wishes [...]

Following an Inquiry, the Drugs of Dependence (Personal Use) Amendment Bill 2021 is before the ACT Assembly and aims to amend the Drugs of Dependence Act 1989. The Amendment Bill, put forward by ALP backbencher Michael Pettersson and supported by the Australian Greens, among other [...]