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Finally, Someone Else Is Saying It
"The most dangerous institution this country has ever seen." A Herald Sun investigation finally says what protective parents have known for years. Here's why this front page matters, and why nobody checks what happens after the orders are made.
Even the Commissioner Is Saying It Now
This week it wasn’t a journalist raising the alarm, it was Australia’s own Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence Commissioner, saying some judges are “not accountable to anybody.” Here’s what her report found, and what FCAN is now calling for.
We Don’t Want an “R U OK?” Day. We Want an “I Got You” Every Day.
We don’t want an R U OK? Day. We want an I Got You day. Because separation from your children doesn’t happen for one day, the grief doesn’t follow a calendar, and our care for each other shouldn’t either.
Two More Cracks in a Broken System
Part two of the Herald Sun’s investigation is out, and it’s just as damning. Unregulated report writers deciding who children live with, and domestic violence victims forced to pay thousands to disprove false drug allegations.
Finally, Someone Else Is Saying It
“The most dangerous institution this country has ever seen.” A Herald Sun investigation finally says what protective parents have known for years. Here’s why this front page matters, and why nobody checks what happens after the orders are made.
Parental Alienation – Why is it such a debated term?
“Parental alienation”, who would have thought it would be such a debated term? Here’s what I’ve learned about the history, the research, and why the conversation about language should never overshadow the children behind it.
When One of Our Stories Finally Reaches a Wider Audience
A mother who lost her children through family court has had them returned four years later, by the father. Today, that story reached a much wider audience, and it’s given me real hope that things are shifting.
The Grief No One Sees
There’s no funeral for a child who is still alive. No flowers, no sympathy cards left at the door. Just a quiet, relentless ache that follows you through every ordinary moment. This is what invisible grief really looks like.
10 Reasons This Community Needed to Exist
There are many reasons I felt this community needed to exist, but here are the ten that sit closest to my heart, from silence and survival mode, to why healing and prevention matter as much as exposing what’s broken.
With love,
