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June 2009

Mother abandons six children to be with son’s best friend, 18

Posted by Ash Patil on June 11th, 2009 | Category:  Abusive Women  child abuse  mother abusing child  mother neglecting child  Single Mothers 

By Lucy Ballinger | Last updated on 10th June 2009 A mother-of-six abandoned her children to social workers to live with her 14-year-old son's best friend. Debbie Mallinson, 36, has moved in with l

Plymouth childcare worker Vanessa George charged with sex assault

Posted by Ash Patil on June 11th, 2009 | Category:  Abusive Women  child abuse  child sexual abuse  Female child sex abuse  female sexually abusing child 

From correspondents in London | Agence France-Presse | June 11, 2009 A WOMAN who worked at a childcare centre in Britain was charged today with several counts of sexual assault and of making and dis

Separated parents unfairly grounded in Australia

Posted by Susanna Dunkerley on June 5th, 2009 | Category:  Child Support  Departure Prohibition Orders  Commonwealth Ombudsman 

The Child Support Agency has come under fire for preventing an unemployed carer from travelling overseas to visit his sick mother because he owed a small child support fine.

Chorus grows for Australian High Court Judge to resign in light of Conflict of Interest allegations

Posted by Rebecca Yin on June 2nd, 2009 | Category:  High Court  Conflict of Interest  Justice Susan Crennan  duty to disclose  impartiality  bias  Judicial Guidelines  Judicial Integrity  Judicial independence  Magill v Magill  paternity  

Submission to the Australian Governor-General to remove Justice Susan Crennan from the High Court under S72(ii) of the Australian Constitution due to her failure to excuse herself from the hearing of Magill v Magill in response to a clear and uncontested conflict of interest.