Sexual politics on campuses

It is timely to shine a light on how universities handle complaints of sexual misbehaviour on campus. In articles this week Rebecca Urban has documented concerns about fairness and justice. It’s no answer to say all such matters are better left to police. Clearly a campus investigation must defer to police once it is clear

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Sexual assault too serious a crime for a campus verdict

A basic legal right is that if you are accused of something as serious as sexual assault, the case against you must be proved beyond reasonable doubt. Australia’s universities are stripping away this basic legal right by determining such cases at the much lower threshold of the “balance of probabilities”. In August, the University of

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Inside the ‘child-stealing syndicate’: Three men including a vigilante paedophile hunter accused of hiding mothers and kids in $140,000 yacht to secretly ship overseas are arrested

Founder of Antipaedophile Party accused of masterminding criminal syndicate Dr William Pridgeon allegedly organised for children to be taken from fathers His ‘clandestine’ organisation allegedly accused fathers of being paedophiles Pridgeon allegedly bought yacht to move women and children from Australia  The founder of the Australian Antipaedophile Party has been accused of masterminding a criminal syndicate

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Network accused of helping mothers kidnap their children

Network helping mums, kids hide POLICE who busted an underground network that operated for 10 years helping mums steal their children believe more youngsters may still be on the run. Grafton GP Dr William Russell Massingham Pridgeon, 64, the founder of the Australian Antipaedophile Party, accused of being the mastermind of the ring, did not

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AFP bust alleged child-stealing ring in NSW, Queensland and WA

ABC News By Melissa Martin and Nick Dole Updated about 2 hours ago Photo: Police arrest a 63-year-old Grafton man over his alleged assistance in the child abduction syndicate. (Supplied: AFP) Two men will be extradited to Queensland to face allegations that they are part of a group organising parental child abductions. Key points: Police

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University rape cases decided on probabilities

The University of Sydney. Picture: Getty Images University students accused of sexual assault, including rape, are having their culpability determined according to a civil law-style balance-of-probabilities threshold. A raft of new university policies have emerged in response to concerns about the prevalence of sexual misconduct on campuses. Many of the policies — including the University

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Man jailed for failing to pay off home for ex-wife

A man has been jailed for a year for his “flagrant disregard” of the terms of a property settlement with his ex-wife, in a decision aimed at sending a message to the community about the importance of complying with family law orders. The 52-year-old, given the court pseudonym “Mr Gallejo”, agreed in 2013 that his

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Annotated Research Bibliography on Joint Custody

Annotated Research Bibliography on Joint Custody (By permission, from http://www.fathers4equality-australia.org/equalparenting/fathers4equality.nsf/files/ResearchforSharedResidence.doc/$FILE/ResearchforSharedResidence.doc) Adapted and added to by Peter Zohrab 2006-2012 http://peterzohrab.tripod.com/custbibl.html#Shared       Annotated bibliography.. 1 Shared residence is best for children.. 2 Joint residence reduces conflict. 4 Shared parenting saves marriages. 5 Best if relationships are maintained. 6 Meaningful relationships need shared residency. 12 Children

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News.com.au highlights men’s mental health issues in campaign The Silent Killer: Let’s make some noise

Finally, we have an admission that not all suicides are a result of mental illness. For many years Men’s Rights Agency has attempted to convince the politicians that the introduction of legislation dealing with family law, domestic violence and child support payments has had a dramatic effect on the outcome on social policies and being valued as essential parents leading to the attitude throughout the court system, the counselling and reporting services and the Child Support Agency

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O Say, Can you see the damage they have wrought

#MeToo throws away the rule book of democracy Illustration: Eric Lobbeck What do you call a movement with no leader, no mission and a bandwagon as big as the internet? A mess. We have come to know it as #MeToo. A year on, and following the Brett Kavanaugh debacle, the #MeToo movement deserves a quiet

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