Tag: politics

A report tabled in NSW Parliament last week found that between 1990-2015, half of Australia’s birthing services closed, that many more are on the brink of closure, and that the problem is particularly profound in rural and regional NSW. But when Labor and Greens MPs stood up in parliament last week to talk about ensuring access to “reproductive health care” in the regions, they were only talking about abortion. To paraphrase Orwell, some reproductive health care is more equal than others.

Cardinal Mykola Bychok told thousands gathered for the Day of the Unborn Child that the Jubilee Year of Hope is a time “to proclaim boldly that every life is precious, and that God's mercy is greater than any darkness we face.”

How is it that our politicians were so outraged by a video of a social media influencer separating a baby wombat from its mother but have nothing to say about the four children that come to Australia each week after being separated from their surrogate mothers overseas, asks Monica Doumit.

“There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics,” wrote Mark Twain. This is something we need to be aware of particularly in debates around immigration, writes Monica Doumit.

In the latest illustration of how commercial surrogacy arrangements can go terribly wrong, two women in their 60s commissioned two Ukrainian surrogates to give birth to “twins.” These poor kids will soon enough be the primary carers for women old enough to be their great-grandmother, writes Monica Doumit.

Director of Strategy and Mission of Catholic Health Australia Brigid Meaney says more should be done to keep private hospitals operational, a position her organisation will be platforming ahead of the federal election.

Hundreds of people flocked to the St Mary’s Cathedral forecourt to commemorate the third anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

A passionate and compelling defence of the urgent need for beauty emerged in the most unusual of places, writes Monica Doumit.

The tariff war started by US President Donald Trump against China will have consequences for Australia after it was announced there would be a 25 per cent tariff on imports of steel and aluminium.

It is quite possible that because he was able to hold off the legalisation of euthanasia for so long, Kevin Andrews leaves behind a legacy of saving around 10,000 Australian lives, writes Monica Doumit.

As kids, we were all taught that “sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.” If that’s the case, why are governments seeking to expand anti-vilification laws in a way that mere words can land a person in prison, asks Monica Doumit.

If President-elect Trump keeps at least half his promises to end the gender insanity in the US, the result will be felt around the world. And it can’t come quick enough, writes Monica Doumit.