Philip Mendes

Australian Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ federal budget perpetuates the disregard of policymakers to the plight of those living in poverty.

What legal sanctions might be applicable now that Victoria Police has reopened its investigation into Melbourne’s Adass Israel School board and the alleged role it played in assisting former principal and convicted paedophile Malka Leifer to flee Australia?

Existing research evidence suggests the hegemony of neoliberal measures within Australian welfare policy has resulted in higher, not lower, levels of social and economic injustice.

The Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) has kept poverty and inequality on the policy agenda.

The high level of poverty in affluent Australia is a national disgrace, and its prevention should be a priority for all political parties. But it’s not.

Addiction and problematic drug use is mostly a result of social disadvantage and personal trauma.

The Malka Leifer sexual abuse case galvanised Australia’s Jewry, but what have been the implications for child safety standards within Jewish organisations in Australia and Israel?

<p>The Malka Leifer case, which involves the alleged sexual abuse of multiple female students by the headmistress at the ultra-orthodox Adass Israel School in Melbourne, Australia, has provoked global attention. In late January 2021, she was finally returned to Australia to stand trial after the Israeli Minister for Justice <a href=“https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/justice-minister-nissenkorn-signs-extradition-order-for-malka-leifer-652334” target=“_blank”>approved an order for her extradition<…