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Recent Posts
- Child Abuse Royal Commission Case Study 25 (Or: A Few Thoughts About Redress) March 20, 2015
- David Shoebridge’s 3-Point Reform Package for Victims of Child Sexual Abuse (Or: Tear Down Those Walls) March 19, 2015
- Australian Adelaide Archbishop Philip Wilson Charged (Or: Touchdown!) March 17, 2015
- Bilgrimage Article on a US Inquiry into Child Abuse November 4, 2014
- Victims and Lawyers (Or: He Who Pays the Piper …) September 9, 2014
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Tag Archives: Alexander Downer
Media Opposition (Or: If You’re Right the Royal Commission’s Wrong)
Image: George Pell (Source: http://www.optuszoo.com.au/news/top/herald-sun/priests-not-above-the-law-mps/840633) Opposition to a royal commission is professed by only 3% of Australian voters. Only about 1% of mainstream journalists and media commentators do the same. The leading apologist for the Catholic Church here appears to … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexander Downer, Andrew Bolt, Broken Rites, Cardinal George Pell, Catholic Church, Forgotten Australians, Gerard Henderson, Julia Gillard, Lewin Blazevich, Lewis Blayse, Melbourne Response, paedophiles, Paul Kelly, Peter Craven, Piers Ackerman, Racial Discrimination Act, Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Susan Sharkey, Sydney Institute, Tony Abbott
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Who Opposed the Royal Commission and Why (Or: Fools Rush In)
The short answer is that virtually nobody opposed the royal commission. However, many changed their views, the most notable being the Prime Minister Julia Gillard herself. On the Friday before the announcement on the following Monday, while she was visiting … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexander Downer, Bill Shorten, Catholic Church, Forgotten Australians, Greens, Independents, Joe Hockey, John Howard, Julia Gillard, Kevin O'Donnell, Lewin Blazevich, Lewis Blayse, paedophiles, Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Tony Abbott
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