“[Former Prime Minister] Kevin Rudd said ‘Sorry’, but where is Kevin Rudd now?”
Wiradjuri Aunty Deborah Bell said that of her eight grandchildren, three are now under the care of the Department of Community and Justice and that they were taken by NSW Police from their school.
“The caseworkers demanded [we] have to do this and that and then they take [our] kids away. They say it is because of drugs and domestic violence. But is it OK for your kids to live with domestic violence and drugs of the carers?”
Nelly’s Healing Centre founder Helen Eason said the minister in charge, Gareth Ward, must reverse the decision and bring the two Wiradjuri children home.
Concern over clinical trial seeking potential solution to domestic violence, as victims, advocates speak out
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The NSW Opposition is asking questions about a program targeting the behaviour of convicted domestic violence perpetrators that uses a common antidepressant.
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A multi-million-dollar clinical trial that is assessing if a common antidepressant drug can help domestic violence perpetrators manage their anger is at the centre of a growing controversy.
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The NSW Government has spent $6.9 million on the ReINVEST program so far
The study says it has recorded a 44 per cent reduction in violence and 33 per cent reduction in domestic violence among participants
Greek-Australian State MP successfully pushes motion for South Australia to recognise Artsakh
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The Republic of Artsakh has been recognised by a second Australian state thanks to the efforts of Greek-Australian Tom Koutsantonis.
Koutsantonis, who represents West Torrens as a Member of the South Australian Parliament, called out the “policy of Pan-Turkish nationalism” endorsed by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his Azeri counterpart Ilham Aliyev.
Because of the motion pushed forward by Koutsantonis and his Labor Party colleague Jayne Stinson, South Australia became the second state in Australia to recognise the Republic of Artsakh.
The New South Wales Parliament’s Legislative Assembly recognised the Republic of Artsakh in October 2020.
South Australia recognizes Artsakh
ADELAIDE, Australia South Australia became the second state in Australia to recognize the rights to self-determination of the Republic of Artsakh, condemning Azerbaijan and Turkey for their invasion of the country’s indigenous Armenians in a motion passed with a vote in the House of Assembly, reported the Armenian National Committee of Australia.
The motion follows one passed by the New South Wales Parliament’s Legislative Assembly in October 2020, and similarly “calls on the Federal Government to also recognize the Republic of Artsakh as the only permanent solution to the conflict to avoid further attempts of such military aggression”.
South Australia recognizes the Republic of Artsakh | ARMENPRESS Armenian News Agency
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YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 3, ARMENPRESS. South Australia became the second state in Australia to recognize the rights to self-determination of the Republic of Artsakh, condemning Azerbaijan and Turkey for their invasion of the country s indigenous Armenians in a motion passed with a vote in the House of Assembly, reported the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU).
The motion follows one passed by the New South Wales Parliament s Legislative Assembly in October 2020, and similarly calls on the Federal Government to also recognize the Republic of Artsakh as the only permanent solution to the conflict to avoid further attempts of such military aggression .