Fathers pushed to the margins by DCJ's child protection system face a hidden mental health crisis. This piece exposes how paternal exclusion fuels preventable suicide — and demands urgent reform.
Patrick O'Connor
A personal reflection on why advocating for boys and men matters — rooted in childhood values, painful losses, and a call for women to see this not as a rivalry, but a shared cause fighting for justice and equality.
Lisa Britton
Men’s happiness is falling, especially among working-class men, as marriage and fatherhood decline. Restoring the value of fatherhood could help rebuild purpose, family, and hope.
Lisa Britton
Boys lag girls in literacy, Year 12 completion and university participation, yet there is no national strategy to address these persistent gaps. It's time to support the million-plus boys and young men across Australia in education.
David Maywald
The antiquated narrative of “patriarchy” is a remnant of outdated feminist theory. True gender fairness requires acknowledging the current realities — including the growing influence of matriarchy — and addressing disadvantages faced by both sexes.
Guest Writer
A new submission exposes the stark lack of support and advocacy for male victims of domestic and family violence, challenging Australia to confront an uncomfortable imbalance in care and compassion.
David Maywald
Behind DCJ's child protection mandate lies a system that too often criminalises innocent families through fabricated risk, bureaucratic power and a culture of impunity.
Patrick O'Connor
This article argues that systemic failures within New South Wales' child protection system have fostered a culture of coercion, weak accountability and bureaucratic overreach, with profound consequences for vulnerable families.
Patrick O'Connor
The International Council for Men and Boys (ICMB) is calling on the United Nations to restore fathers to its vision of the family. Fathers are not optional.
Lawrence DeMarco LLM
Father absence is not a marginal variable in gang formation; it is the epicentre. Yet, it's largely a hidden — or ignored – engine of global violence.
Patrick O'Connor
Men Atlas has identified and classified 502 organisations across the world that focus on the wellbeing of men and boys. These organisations span areas such as men's mental health, crisis support, fatherhood, community building, advocacy, research, self-development, and support for separated fathers.
David Maywald
Can DCJ caseworkers avoid accountability by claiming they are “just following policies”? This article argues that discretion, legal responsibility, and ethical obligations cannot be outsourced.
Patrick O'Connor
When government agencies control the narrative, truth becomes a casualty. This analysis examines how false light operates as a structural weapon within Australia's child protection system.
Patrick O'Connor
As I look back on 75 years of life, I reflect on what has influenced me; what has shaped my life.
Don Mathis
When the state removes a child, families expect protection — not permanent silence. This investigation exposes how NSW's child protection system has become a machine for irreversible family separation.
Patrick O'Connor
When caseworkers are burned out, unsupported, and politically pressured, families pay the price. Inside the systemic failures driving erratic practice at New South Wales's child protection agency.
Patrick O'Connor
When co-parenting feels like war, "just cooperate" isn't enough. Here's how to break the cycle, protect your kids, and play the long game after divorce — even if she never changes.
National Center for Fathering
How subtle, calculated interference within child protection systems undermines families, erodes trust, and strips parents of their rights — and what must change.
Patrick O'Connor
My father had a sense of humour as well as a sense of wisdom.
Don Mathis
My father knew what was worth having and provided us with an ideal lifestyle. Our old weatherboard house was no showplace, but it was full of contentment, laughter and security.
Roland Foster
The removal of children is not a neutral act. It is shaped by political ideology, inequality, and unchecked state power — demanding urgent scrutiny and systemic reform.
Patrick O'Connor
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