Southwest Metro services will officially begin at 4:31am on Friday, 30 October The opening will mark a major milestone in Sydney’s transport network, connecting communities from Bankstown through the CBD to the northwest on one continuous 66-kilometre Metro line. On Friday 30 October, passengers in Bankstown, Punchbowl, Wiley Park, Lakemba,
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Alesha Capone First published 20 October 2026, 1:23pm The Christian Brothers religious order has listed a sprawling inner Melbourne estate with $25m price hopes. The 7119sq m site on The Ave, Parkville, is home to two former residences, including a circa-1870s mansion, and the Mt Sion accommodation building which served
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ABC, By Daniel Keane and Evelyn Leckie Posted 10 Sep 2026 at 11:51am, updated 10 Sep 2026 at 7:01pm In short: A 73-year-old man accused of allegedly sexually abusing 29 people, many children at the time, has been arrested. Police said the man was not a government employee but “had
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News Wire, 1 August 2026 A retired High Court judge has been handed one of the more uncomfortable jobs in the state redress system, deciding whether survivors of abuse in state care who have serious criminal convictions of their own will be paid anything at all. Paul Davison KC has
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A group of elderly New South Wales Care Leavers will hold a silent protest on Friday 10th July outside the electoral office of NSW Minister for Families and Communities, Kate Washington MP, to highlight the gross inaction of the Minns’ Government. New South Wales is the ONLY STATE in Australia
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Tanya Plibersek MP Media Releases 24 June 2026 The Australian Government has appointed former Commonwealth Ombudsman, Mr Michael Manthorpe PSM to lead the Eighth Anniversary Review of the National Redress Scheme. The independent review will help identify opportunities to strengthen outcomes for survivors of institutional child sexual abuse and ensure
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16 May 2026 Guy Barnett, Attorney-General The Tasmanian Government’s historical forced adoptions redress scheme will open for applications on 15 June 2026. The 2026-27 Budget includes a $4 million investment to implement the scheme, which will offer nation-leading support for mothers affected by historical forced adoptions, including a redress
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For full article CLICK HERE by Judy Courtin, The Saturday Paper, 16 May 2026
Recently we were surprised by what we found inside an archive box from our Bathurst Congregation Archives. Unexpectedly, we came across a bundle of fragile papers which were dirty, creased, brittle and showed signs of earlier insect damage. They certainly looked like they had seen better days! What were they
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By Barney Zwartz December 17, 2012 Boys from Victorian orphanages who later ended in up prison said that was not nearly as bad as the boys’ homes, the state inquiry into how the churches handled sex abuse heard on Monday. Read more
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