A Federal Circuit Court judge has banned a Melbourne mother from using the popular sleep aid melatonin to get her son to sleep. The decision is believed to be the first in which an Australian court has forbidden a parent from administering melatonin, the use of which is widespread among parents of children with autism
Year: 2017
Custody battle on high seas: dad Mazen Hassan Baioumy ‘held hostage as daughter snatched’
Dad ‘held hostage as daughter snatched’ Mazen Hassan Biaoumy is all smiles at the start of the journey, but claims he later wanted to leave the vessel and was held against his will. An Egyptian man is suing the owner of a north Queensland fishing charter, claiming he was falsely imprisoned on the 65-foot boat
Mother ‘hated son’ who looked like dad, court told
A mother accused of murdering her three-year-old son reportedly told police she hated him because he looked like his father, a man she wished was dead. The woman said she had thought about killing her son because she “loved him, but just didn’t connect with him”. “There was a part of me that hated him
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Mums, stop acting like martyrs. It’s killing you
Indeed, a few men have told me they feel like spectators rather than participants in family life because women are self-appointed ringmasters who not only seize the whip but believe there’s only one way of cracking it.
Changes to Family Law – little notice given
Thanks to Pete Nicholls from Dads in Distress for this important notification of pending changes to family law in its interaction with domestic violence. It is urgent if any has some time to put in a submission. The govt have put out to consultation, a proposed change of family law relating to DV. Responses must
The fight against domestic violence needs to look beyond blaming men
http://www.smh.com.au/comment/extremists-have-hijacked-social-justice-movements-20161102-gsgaox.html November 6 2016 In my teens I became active in the pro-life movement after the Victorian 2008 Abortion Law Reform Bill passed, legalising abortion up to birth. I spoke at rallies, sidewalk counselled and advocated for life wherever I could. During this time I found the pro-life movement was mostly supported by civil-minded advocates,
New Year’s message from Bettina Arndt
New Year’s message from Bettina Arndt I wish I had a dollar for every letter I have received from an Australian man congratulating me for daring to write about what’s happening to men in this country. I’ve written about issue after issue where men are being done over: the denial of women’s role in