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Honoring the Child, Honoring Equity 13: Narratives of Equity
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15/11/2013 |
University of Melbourne, Centre for Equity & Innovation in Early Childhood
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AUSTRALIA: Prime Minister apologises for forced adoptions
The Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard delivered a historic national apology in Parliament on 21 March to the thousands of unwed mothers who were forced by government policies to give up their babies for adoption over several decades.
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22/03/2013 |
Associated Press
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AUSTRALIA: Immigration documents outline cases of child self-harm
Immigration Department documents released under Freedom of Information laws detail how and why children as young as nine have harmed themselves in detention.
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19/02/2013 |
Radio Australia
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AUSTRALIE : ouverture d'une enquête nationale sur des abus sexuels d'enfants
La Premier ministre australienne a annoncé lundi l'ouverture d'une enquête publique nationale sur les réponses apportées par les institutions aux nombreuses plaintes pour abus sexuels perpétrés sur des enfants, après une série de scandales impliquant des prêtres catholiques.
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12/11/2012 |
Le Point
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AUSTRALIA: National inquiry to investigate church sex abuse
Prime minister announces national inquiry into Catholic church's responses to scandals involving paedophile priests.
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12/11/2012 |
Al Jazeera.net
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AUSTRALIA: Parents use test kits to screen kids for drugs, despite concerns
A child psychologist says testing a child for drugs could backfire on parents, leading to a breakdown of trust and communication, as they "are becoming less of a parent and more of a policeman by becoming more intrusive".
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05/11/2012 |
The Australian
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AUSTRALIA: Children to be taught 'heterosexuality not the norm' schools project
The programme defines “heterosexism” as the practice of “positioning heterosexuality as the norm for human relationship, [which] involves ignoring, making invisible or discriminating against non-heterosexual people, their relationships and their interests. Heterosexism feeds homophobia.”
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22/10/2012 |
LifeSiteNews.com
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AUSTRALIA: Youth nationwide say no to child detention
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27/09/2012 |
CathNews
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AUSTRALIA: Catholic Church guilty of over 600 cases child abuse
State of Victoria confirms that more than 600 children have been sexually abused by Catholic priests since the 1930s.
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24/09/2012 |
Al Jazeera.net
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AUSTRALIA: Cases citing the Convention on the Rights of the Child in Superior Courts
List and short descriptions of the subject matter and outcome of cases citing the Convention on the Rights of the Child in Australian Superior Courts.
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24/09/2012 |
Child Rights International Network
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AUSTRALIA: Human rights watchdog warns over Nauru offshore processing of migrants
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14/09/2012 |
Radio Australia
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AUSTRALIA: Immigration slammed over girl's detention
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13/09/2012 |
Sydney Morning Herald
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INDONESIA-AUSTRALIA: Call to protect 'boat children'
One-hundre deaths in sinking underscore perils to migrants.
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10/09/2012 |
Human Rights Watch
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AUSTRALIA: Re-opening of offshore detention camps could lead to rights violations - UN
“The [UN] High Commissioner reiterates her call for a rethink of Australia’s asylum and migration policy, urging political leaders to take a principled and courageous stand on migration and to break an ingrained political habit of demonising migrants and asylum-seekers,” said an OHCHR spokesperson.
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22/08/2012 |
UN News Center
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AUSTRALIA: Asylum-seekers to be transfered to Pacific islands for offshore processing
Activists warn that sending asylum seekers to the islands placed them at risk of human rights abuses and will leave them languishing on the islands for years.
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15/08/2012 |
IRIN News
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AUSTRALIA: Child rights are flouted for 'public opinion'
Civil society groups say the federal government should pay compensation to children who had been illegally detained under the erroneous assumption that they were adults.
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13/08/2012 |
Sydney Morning Herald
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INHUMAN SENTENCING: Life imprisonment of children in the Commonwealth
Report on life imprisonment sentences for children in the Commonwealth States.
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01/08/2012 |
Child Rights International Network
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National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services' Alternative Report to the Committee on the Rights of the Child Regarding Australia
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23/07/2012 |
National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services (NATSILS)
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AUSTRALIA: Aboriginal kids at higher risk of jail
A report has found that indigenous girls and boys are 23 times more likely to be imprisoned than their non-indigenous counterparts.
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05/07/2012 |
Herald Sun, Australia
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AUSTRALIA: Vietnamese children detained for more than 400 days
An asylum seeker support group says Australia's Government is unfairly holding a group of Vietnamese children in immigration detention in Darwin.
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28/06/2012 |
ABC Radio Australia
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