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Protection orders for children double in decade: welfare report The number of children on care and protection orders has doubled over the past ten years. THE number of children on care and protection orders has doubled over the past 10 years, according to a report into health and welfare of Australian young people.

Political bickering holding back gay rights: Kirby : The former High Court Judge, Michael Kirby, says the current climate of Australian federal politics is hindering the progress of gay rights. On a speaking tour in Perth, Mr Kirby said Australia had made progress in accepting homosexuality. But, Mr ...

Indigenous teenagers learn tricks of wool trade : Supported by the Federal Government's Indigenous Employment Program, the project takes young Aboriginal people from around Australia for a 13 week course, where they learn shearing and wool handling skills from some of the country's biggest ...

Labor must align with the future, not the past : As Julia Gillard noted on the release of the Asian Century white paper, 30 years ago Australia was still a closed and isolated economy, while Asia was still largely “a continent of poverty ”. More than that, she pointed to the “moral paradox'' of Labor ...

Cabramatta High students push action on poverty at Parliament House Now in its eighth year, the Micah Challenge, together with Make Poverty History, is seeking bipartisan support from federal politicians to increase Australia's overseas aid to 0.7 per cent of the gross national income, in line with the agreed ...

Drug labs raided : Victoria Police and Australian Federal Police executed warrants at two properties in Sunshine West on Saturday and discovered what is believed to be the biggest clandestine drug laboratory located in Victoria. Seven men have been arrested and charged ...

Schools to get help dealing with suicide : The Federal Government will pay for specialists to be sent to high schools when a student has committed suicide . The program will be run by Headspace, Australia's national youth mental health foundation. Mental Health Minister Mark Butler says about ...

Papua New Guinea residents threaten to shut down airport ahead of Prince ... Papua New Guinea residents threaten to shut down airport ahead of Prince Charles visit. Landowners in Papua New Guinea have threatened to shut down the national airport ahead of a visit by the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall this weekend.