Crimes of the Cross tells how clergy and leaders in the Anglican Diocese of Newcastle covered up allegations, protected abusive priests and failed to care for survivors.
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A new biography tells the story of Hillsong and its leader Brian Houston. How did Hillsong come to dominate Australian Pentecostalism – and Australian Christianity? What can we learn from its decline?
Built in 1821 to house and provide productive employment for the New South Wales colony’s growing population of female convicts, the Parramatta Female Factory was also the site of countless horrors.
In 2023, International Holocaust Remembrance Day marks 90 years since the Nazis assumed power. Disabled people were the first Holocaust victims; Nazi programs discriminated against and murdered them.
The evidence presented and initial findings show how important the royal commission is.
The real Pennhurst – a hospital name-checked in the latest series of Stranger Things – was a place of segregation and abuse.
Our government, suggest the authors, risks traumatizing its citizens with its failure to slow the spread of COVID-19.
Many Aboriginal survivors of sexual abuse find mainstream counselling inappropriate. But there is a way to help them heal that respects a collective culture, with strong community ties.
Kenya announced plans in 2017 for a long-term action plan to end the institutionalisation of children.
People with disability face a number of barriers to justice, not least that crimes against them are often seen as less serious. This needs to stop.
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Research fellow, Deakin University
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Associate professor, UNSW Sydney
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Professor, Yale University
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Lecturer, Centre for Forensic Behavioural Science, Swinburne University of Technology
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PhD candidate, La Trobe University
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Professor, Department of Public Law and Jurisprudence, University of the Western Cape and Professor of Children's Rights in the Developing World, University of Leiden, University of the Western Cape
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Professor of Psychology, University of Denver
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Professor, Social Work & Social Policy, La Trobe University
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Adjunct Professor, Social Work & Social Policy, La Trobe University
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Senior Lecturer in Disability and Inclusion, Deakin University
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of South Australia
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Professor, Director, Open Door: Understanding and Supporting Service Personnel and their Families, Flinders University
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Adjunct Associate Professor in History, Australian Catholic University
