Lost and homeless teens separated by 40 years

At 18, Julie McCrossin was lost and only a couch away from being homeless after telling her parents she was homosexual. “They were lost and I was lost and I had to leave home,” she said of that time in 1973.  “Like so many people in their teens, I had problems with drugs and alcohol, ” she said of a wild period between when she left home […]

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Safeguarding Our Children

Can cultural and legislative change save the Catholic Church? The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse is due to complete its work at the end of 2017. Even before it reports, distressing evidence at public hearings has put a heavy onus of responsibility on the people leading institutions to take steps to

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Unmasked

Cancer surivivors turn treatment masks into art at Casula Powerhouse

The masks are made of thermoplastic material, moulded to the face and then bolted to the treatment table during lifesaving radiation therapy for head and neck cancers. Once a day for one month, the former ABC broadcaster Julie McCrossin was tightened in, her head held rigid for 20 minutes, while a powerful precision x-ray zapped the cancer eating away at her tonsils, tongue and

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Extinction Busters

When Professor Tim Flannery spoke at an April fundraising dinner for the NSW EDO (Environmental Defenders Office), his description of the rate of extinctions in Australia brought a hushed silence to an audience of several hundred members of the legal community. Flannery’s commitment to preventative action is matched by the EDO’s Principal Solicitor and Chief

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bravery unmasked

bravery unmasked

Artists and cancer survivors have found meaning in their radiation masks after treatment thanks to an art program at Liverpool and Macarthur Cancer Therapy Centres. You are cordially invited to join us at the Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre and see their work. Please mark your calendar for the opening night on Friday, 10th of June

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Q&A

Where There is Life There is Hope

Saturday Night Q&A Session 30 APRIL – 7.30PM TO 9.30PM Wesley Kent Town Uniting Church 27 Grenfell St, Kent Town (Adelaide), South Australia What action can Christian women take to build hope in communities, churches, societies, and global contexts? Featuring: Penny Wong, Tanya Hosch, Geraldine Hawkes, Lorna Hallahan,Elenie Poulos & hosted by Julie McCrossin. Limited tickets

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FGM summit

Three Years Ago

This is a photo taken 3 years ago today of the last job I did before I discovered (the next day) that I had throat cancer. I was immediately scheduled to have a biopsy and an unanticipated side effect of the surgery was the temporary loss of my voice. So, within 2 or 3 days

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LSJ April 2016

The Atypical CEO

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Partner of Maddocks Michelle Dixon is different to the leaders of most major firms in several notable ways. Despite her award-winning reputation for promoting gender equity, she was reluctant to become the “first among equals” at her firm. Dixon’s greatest passion is litigation. There is nothing in life that makes

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