Schools as bullies Sir, The latest form of violence against children in Australia is in reality perpetrated by our own governments. The euphemistically named Safe Schools Coalition program, dressed up as an anti-bullying program without doing anything constructive, encourages children to cross-dress at school and demands that schools accept this. One utterly damaging subject is its “Seven ways to bind your chest” advice…

ALP Opposition Leader Bill Shorten has announced a major infrastructure investment plan to stimulate economic growth by converting Infrastructure Australia into an infrastructure develop­ment bank. The Old Lady of Threadneedle Street, as the Bank of England is known, has been putting forward some fresh ideas for getting Western economies going again in the wake of the global financial crisis. Mr Shorten’s $10 billion…

The contentious issue of water has emerged as an early litmus test for the new Turnbull Government, resulting in a policy tug-of-war between the Liberal Party and its junior Coalition partner, the Nationals, over who should run water in the Murray-Darling Basin. Senator Anne Ruston. The relationship between the two parties was always going to be testy under Mr Turnbull given the fractiousness…

  QUIT CANNABIS: Proven Techniques to Help You Quit … Forever by Jan Copeland, with Sally Rooke and Etty Matalon (Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 2015) Paperback: 194 pages ISBN: 9781743319925 Price: AUD$22.99   Reviewed by Gabrielle Walsh   Professor Jan Copeland, author of Quit Cannabis, is director of the National Cannabis Prevention and Information Centre (NCPIC). Professor Copeland has brought her long-standing professional…