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Delinquent Girls as Activists: Insider Activism and Carceral Welfare

  • February 20, 2026
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Former Victorian state wards continue fight to access department records

  • February 20, 2026
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Forced adoption in Tasmania: Carol Maney’s journey through Elim House, a stolen baby, and a still unsolved family secret

  • February 18, 2026
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AC/DC frontman Bon Scott led a high-voltage life. But his friends say the singer’s unglamorous death at age 33 was not a surprise

  • February 9, 2026
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Decades-old ‘conversion therapy’ resurfaces in today’s trans youth healthcare debate

  • February 6, 2026
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Girls’ Home at Parramatta

  • January 30, 2026
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Matron kissed when freed of child’s death

  • January 30, 2026
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Church refuses queries on Lawson’s children’s home

  • January 30, 2026
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Matron sent to gaol

  • January 30, 2026
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Matron sentenced for boy’s death

  • January 30, 2026
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