Good Weekend letters to the editor: July 3
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I want my daughter back
One only has to look at Kamalle Dabboussy to see deep grief and heartbreak etched into this father’s face [June 19]. It’s clear that Tim Elliott’s harrowing story – tracing the movements of Kamalle’s daughter Mariam (along with her husband, Kaled) after they travelled to Syria back in 2015 – may have no happy ending. Sadly, as Kamalle waits for news of his daughter and granddaughters’ safe return, there will be more cases like this. The heartbreak and misery continue.
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Consent classes must be carefully constructed
March 18, 2021 12.03am
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Great suggestions from Fiona Martin for teaching protective behaviours at preschool age and consent education in Year 7 (“Start consent classes by year 7: Liberal MP”, March 17). It will take more than inserts into the existing curriculum, however. Barriers such as funding for teacher training (not synthetic online courses), education of resistant elements in the community and a general acceptance of gender role education need to happen before all teachers feel confident to teach such necessary but controversial issues.
Vanessa Tennent, Oatley
As a former teacher, I can assure Martin that lessons taught at school cannot override lessons learnt at home, which begin long before formal schooling starts. Without appropriate role models and environment in the home, the effectiveness of lessons at school about consent, or bullying for that matter, will not overcome the serious socia
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Inaction over Porter rape claim undermines the PM
March 10, 2021 12.05am
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The Morrison government has presented us with a narrative that contains a number of red herrings and rabbit holes that seek to veer us away from forming a clear view about this controversial matter (“As Heydon inquiry witness, I must speak now”, March 9). Sharona Coutts’ opinion piece, on the other hand, expertly cuts through these distractions with a respectful yet incisive set of arguments that point out some simple truths: that an inquiry would strengthen, not weaken, the rule of law in this country, and that what is at stake for Christian Porter is a job, not jail.
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