Submission on the Commonwealth Contribution to Former Forced Adoption Policies and Practices, to the Senate Community Affairs References Committee. It involves: Introduction; "Forced adoption"; Commonwealth responsibility for past practices?; Commonwealth role in a national framework; Endnotes.
Submission on the Commonwealth Commissioner for Children and Young People Bill 2010 to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee. It involves: Introduction; Children, the family and the Convention on the Rights of the Child; Additional concerns; Endnotes.
Submission on Donor Conception in Australia to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee. It involves: Introduction; Donor conception - what is it?; Donor conception and the good of the child; Donor conception legislation and regulation; Payments for donors; Number of offspring born from each donor; Rights of donor conceived children; Medicare and procedures involving donor gametes; Conclusion; Endnotes.
There are many opinions on the issue of funding for parents. Some businesses give women in the workforce an allowance equivalent to several months’ pay after they have a baby. Some people claim that paid parental leave is a “workplace entitlement” like holiday or sick pay, and all businesses should be required to fund it. Others say businesses may not want to employ younger women if paid parental leave were mandatory – so it should be funded by the government. Others argue that stay-at‑home mums need as much or more financial help than workforce mums, since stay-at‑home mums forgo a whole salary to provide maternal care for some years – an option which is best for babies.
They say that any parental leave mandated by the government should be paid equally to all mothers.
What is fair? What facts and principles should guide government policy?...
Open Letter to Western Australia Premier Colin Barnett Please get tougher on child pornography. I welcome the move to give children stronger protection through the introduction of the Child Exploitation Material and Class ification Legislation Amendment Bill 2009 . Particularly welcome is the proposed prohibition of a wider range of material involving the exploitation of children, child pornography and cruelty to children. However, the Bill could be significant ly improved by making two changes.
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