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Dennis Ferguson
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Now Rundle is available in cans?
Putting the safety of children first
Despite the media frenzy over Dennis Ferguson, there’s much to suggest that perhaps our society doesn’t give as much priority to protecting children as we like to think we do, says Andrew Bartlett.
Angry Dad: Paedophilia hysteria shames us all
Over 200,000 Australian kids are living in poverty, yet we’re forming lynch mobs over one creepy old man? We need to get our priorities sorted out, says Angry Dad.
Child sex offenders: a dangerously ill-informed debate
Removing convicted child sex offender Dennis Ferguson from his home in Sydney’s Ryde is a missed opportunity for a sensible rational policy discussion about how to resettle hundreds of child sex offenders.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: No, the ABC is not reducing it overseas coverage
Kate Torney, Director, ABC News, responds to yesterday’s piece in Crikey, ABC’s 24-hour news dream drives penny-pinching. She says: “The ABC is aiming to expand its overseas coverage and has no plans to reduce it.”
Political snippets: A day of shame in NSW
Richard Farmer laments the mob rule governing the Dennis Ferguson Bill and the empty words of world leaders on climate change.
Why we’re standing up for Dennis Ferguson
By whipping up hatred about child sex offenders, it’s easier to cross the line to hating other offenders who have served their time and are trying to move on, says Justice Action’s Brett Collins.
Wankley Awards: The media on Dennis Ferguson
The media fell over themselves this week to cover the case of convicted pedophile Dennis Ferguson, with any serious reporting drowned out by talking heads across the nation echoing the same phrase over and over: “as a parent …”
How the media menaced Dennis Ferguson
We ought to think seriously about abolishing jury trials in Australia altogether, writes Greg Barns.
