A day of reckoning has come for the Catholic Church which will require a rethink of the sacrament of confession and changes to the law by the South Australian Parliament, writes Mal Byrne.
At a small and heartbreaking funeral in suburban Tusmore, Adelaide lawyer Mal Byrne says he grasped the full horror of the damage wrought by Australia’s immigration detention system.
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Despite the huge profile given to the royal commission into the abuse of children in Australia’s institutions, how much has really changed? Adelaide lawyer Mal Byrne argues that institutional and government responses – including in South Australia – are letting victims down.