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Childcare Subsidies: Removing Children from Their Parents Creates Profit for Investors

The Childcare Industry and the De-Fathering of Society Part 2 One of the most notable features of the present Federal Government is its desire to help families. However, the impact of its policies often goes well beyond its intentions. Sometimes, at great expense, a new set of problems is created far greater than those being solved. Consider the Federal Government’s funding of childcare centres. The benefits provided have increased six-fold over ...

By |2021-06-13T13:49:48+10:00March 17th, 2003|SINGLE DADS, FAIRNESS & JUSTICE, FAMILIES, MOTHERS|0 Comments
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Childcare: Good Intentions are Paving the Road to a Fatherless Society

The Childcare Industry and the De-Fathering of Society Part 1 Prime Minister John Howard has stated that no previous government has done as much as the present one in helping families. If the degree of help can be measured by the level of government spending on assistance programmes, then this is undeniably true. Mr Howard is clearly genuine in his concern for families and in his compassion for children. His government ...

By |2021-06-18T14:33:19+10:00March 10th, 2003|SINGLE DADS, Children, FAIRNESS & JUSTICE, FAMILIES|0 Comments
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Daytime Dads

My last article mentioned a report from the Australian Institute of Family Studies that revealed that an alarmingly high number of children spend the day with their father but never sleep over. These children, and their fathers, are being denied the opportunity for a normal parent/child relationship and all the benefits that accrue from this. They are children who only visit their father. They have no sense of being at home ...

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Child Support

One of the reasons my life has been so good is that I have had a good father. I also want to be a good father to my own children. However, the freedom to make this choice no longer exists for separated fathers in Australian society. Family Law legislation in Australia has removed from me my authority as a father and placed it in the hands of anonymous government bureaucrats who ...

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Fatherhood Foundation National Council Meeting

Last Sunday, I travelled to Canberra with Warwick Marsh and his son Nathaniel, to attend the inaugural Fatherhood Foundation (Dads4Kids) National Council Meeting. This was also the National Day of Mourning for those killed by the terrorist attack in Bali. We attended a service in Parliament House that evening, where there was an outpouring of grief for the victims of this tragedy. On Monday morning, we attended a prayer breakfast attended ...

By |2021-06-07T14:45:45+10:00October 28th, 2002|SINGLE DADS, FAITH|0 Comments
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