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SPAN style=3D'FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3ERobyn Green is Australia=92s most popu=
lar Aboriginal Gospel singer=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPA=
N=3EOur musical family has done concerts with Don and Robyn and their musica=
l family in many parts of Australia=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0=
 </SPAN=3EWe have toured together in and around Darwin and Arnhem Land, thro=
ugh southeast Queensland, Sydney, Wollongong and Canberra=2E<SPAN style=3D'm=
so-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EMany times we have worked together in the s=
tudio and recorded live albums together=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=
=A0 </SPAN=3EDon=92s father-in-law, Peter Morgan who died at 81 years, was a=
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n was a fit and active man who loved fishing, hunting, croc-spotting, four w=
heel driving and playing practical jokes on people=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spac=
erun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EWe both shared a deep appreciation for snakes and =
Don was always catching olive pythons, taipans, king browns and showing them=
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On one of our musical tours we called into Don and Robyn=92s place near Darw=
in=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EDon eagerly told me ab=
out this =91harmless=92 python that he wanted to show me that he had sitting=
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d me to come closer for a better look=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=
=A0 </SPAN=3EAs he lifted the lid of the esky a black snake leapt up at me=2E=
<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EMy own heart failed as I le=
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ctim=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EThe way that Don lif=
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<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EI=92ve forgiven Don now for=
 that practical joke but I didn=92t at the time it happened=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E=
</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoPlainText style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt' align=3D=
justify=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3E<o:p=3E=A0</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E=
</P=3E<P class=3DMsoPlainText style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt' align=3Djustify=3E=
<SPAN style=3D'FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3EWhile on that visit to Darwin we did =
a TV interview with Don Green and talked to him about being a father=2E<SPAN=
 style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EI asked Don what the difference =
was in family life between Aboriginal society and white mainstream society=2E=
<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EHis reply was, =93Well, it=92=
s the way they cook goanna =2E =2E =2E (laughs) =2E =2E =2E The thing I=92ve=
 loved most about my Aboriginal wife=92s family is that they are family=2E<S=
PAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EOne of the biggest problems i=
n society today is that family life is diminishing=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spac=
erun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EThere is no time for the family=2E<SPAN style=3D'm=
so-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EPeople get busy with their professional liv=
es and their work and they find it hard to fit family in=2E<SPAN style=3D'ms=
o-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EIn Aboriginal society family is everything=2E=
<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EThey have fun together, the=
y enjoy each other=92s company=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </S=
PAN=3EBeing associated with Robyn=92s family has brought real values back in=
to my life=2E=94<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoPlainText style=3D=
'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt'=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3E<o:p=3E=A0<IM=
G hspace=3D2 src=3D'http://www=2Ebosweb=2Ecom=2Eau/email=5Fblast/client=5Fim=
ages/fathers=5Fw%20sleeping%20baby2=5F200=2Ejpg' align=3Dleft vspace=3D2 bor=
der=3D0=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoPlainText style=3D'MARGIN: 0c=
m 0cm 0pt' align=3Djustify=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3EThe nigh=
t before we had celebrated Don=92s birthday and Christie had said that her D=
ad was the best Dad a daughter could wish for=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun:=
 yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EI asked Don why she had said that and he replied, =93We=
=92ve got a good love relationship within the family=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-sp=
acerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EMy kids are everything to me=2E<SPAN style=3D'ms=
o-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EI go out of my way to be there for them=2E<S=
PAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EI=92d be lost without my chil=
dren, =2E =2E It=92s important to take time for your kids=2E<SPAN style=3D'm=
so-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3ELove breeds love=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-space=
run: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EIf you love unconditionally your children will resp=
ond to that love because love breeds love=94=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E=
<P class=3DMsoPlainText style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt'=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-=
FAMILY: Verdana'=3E<o:p=3E=A0</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoPlainText =
style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt' align=3Djustify=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-FAMILY: =
Verdana'=3EOn the morning that Don died (he had complained of chest pains), =
as they were preparing to leave for the hospital, Robyn looked across at Don=
 who suddenly looked seriously ill=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0=
 </SPAN=3E=93Honey, are you OK=3F=94 she asked=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun=
: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EDon motioned her to him, hugged her close and said, =93=
Robyn I love you=2E=94<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EThose=
 were the last words that Don Green spoke=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes=
'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EMoments later he died=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P cl=
ass=3DMsoPlainText style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt' align=3Djustify=3E<SPAN sty=
le=3D'FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3E<o:p=3E=A0</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMs=
oPlainText style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt' align=3Djustify=3E<SPAN style=3D'FO=
NT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3EDon Green lived and died the way that he loved=2E<SPAN=
 style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EHe was certainly a hard act to f=
ollow=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoPlainText style=3D'MARGI=
N: 0cm 0cm 0pt'=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3E<o:p=3E=A0</o:p=3E<=
/SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoPlainText style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt'=3E<SPAN =
style=3D'FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3E<STRONG=3ELovework<IMG hspace=3D3 src=3D'ht=
tp://www=2Ebosweb=2Ecom=2Eau/email=5Fblast/client=5Fimages/fathers=5Ffamily2=
=2Ejpg' align=3Dright vspace=3D3 border=3D0=3E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</STRONG=3E</SP=
AN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoPlainText style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt'=3E<SPAN sty=
le=3D'FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3E<o:p=3E=A0</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMs=
oPlainText style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt'=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-FAMILY: Verda=
na'=3EEnjoy your family=92s company=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0=
 </SPAN=3EYou won=92t always have them and they won=92t always have you=2E<S=
PAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EMake sure you love them and t=
ell them so, because as Don said, =93Love breeds love=94=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</=
SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoPlainText style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt'=3E<SPAN s=
tyle=3D'FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3E<o:p=3E=A0</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3D=
MsoPlainText style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt'=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-FAMILY: Ver=
dana'=3EYours for more love<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoPlain=
Text style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt'=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3E=
Warwick Marsh<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoPlainText style=3D'=
MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt'=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3E<o:p=3E=A0</o:=
p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoPlainText style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt' ali=
gn=3Djustify=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3EPS<SPAN style=3D'mso-s=
pacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EPlease read the Media Release on the proposed g=
overnment amendments to the Family Law Act=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: ye=
s'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EThe Fatherhood Foundation will never accept any legislatio=
n that does not enshrine the fundamental right of all children to equal cont=
act with both the mother and the father, unless there are proven mitigating =
circumstances=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EThis is the=
 wording of Point 6 of The 12pt Plan and anything less than this is a betray=
al of our children=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoPlainText s=
tyle=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt'=3E</SPAN=3E<P class=3DMsoPlainText style=3D'MAR=
GIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt'=3E<P class=3DMsoPlainText style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt'=3E=
</P=3E</SPAN=3E</SPAN=3E=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=
=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=
=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F</FONT=3E<P=3E</P=3E<P=3E<FONT face=3DVe=
rdana size=3D2=3E</FONT=3E<P=3E<FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2=3E</FONT=3E<P c=
lass=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify'=3E<SPAN =
style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3EWarwick Marsh=A0=A0has bee=
n married=A0to Alison for=A029 years=2E He is the father of five children, f=
our boys and one girl, ranging in age from 24 years to=A012 years=2E=A0 Warw=
ick is a musician, songwriter, producer and public speaker who likes to thin=
k he can still laugh at himself=2E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<br=3E<br=3E<div align=3Dri=
ght=3E<font size=3D2=3E<a href=3D'#top'=3EBack to top</a=3E</font=3E</div=3E=
<br=3E<p=3E</p=3E</font=3E</blockquote=3E</td=3E<td width=3D1 bgcolor=3D#999=
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color=3D'#ffffff' nowrap=3E<img src=3D'http://www=2Ebosweb=2Ecom=2Eau/email=5F=
blast/templates/fathers/template1/Generic/banner=2Ejpg' width=3D595=3E</td=3E=
</tr=3E<tr=3E<td width=3D578 height=3D25 bgcolor=3D'#ffffff' background=3D'h=
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ng man who needed an encouraging word=2E Seeing beyond the numbers game that=
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young man with talent who had not yet learned to tap into his own significan=
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ever said to you, 'I believe in you'=3F Or have you ever been someone's P=2E=
C=2E Merrell=3F Are you the type of person who actively seeks out people in =
order to touch them at the inner place of value=3F You can be=2E Start by un=
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ing (Pt 2)<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</FONT=3E</FONT=3E</STRONG=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P clas=
s=3DMsoPlainText style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt'=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-FAMILY:=
 Verdana'=3E<o:p=3E<FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2=3E=A0</P=3E<P class=3DMsoP=
lainText style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt'=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-FAMILY: Verdana=
'=3E<o:p=3E=A0</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoPlainText style=3D'MARGIN=
: 0cm 0cm 0pt' align=3Djustify=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3EMark=
 Latham picked up on the cry for fathers from a fatherless society in waitin=
g=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EMark could see the resu=
lts of fatherlessness amongst the young people of his own electorate and had=
 read Dr Warren Farrell=92s books for himself=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun:=
 yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EMark Latham, together with Larry Anthony helped us in a=
 bi-partisan release of our 12pt Plan, not because it was politically expedi=
ent, but for the very good reason that he believed in its content=2E<SPAN st=
yle=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EIn February 2004 Mark Latham talked=
 about =91the crisis in masculinity=92 and the need to address this issue=2E=
<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=
=3E<P class=3DMsoPlainText style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt' align=3Djustify=3E<=
SPAN style=3D'FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3EAccording to the polls, if the electio=
n had been held in February 2004, Mark Latham would be the Prime Minister to=
day=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3ETherefore, don=92t te=
ll me that there are no votes in the issues surrounding family and fatherhoo=
d=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EIt is sad that Mr Latha=
m stopped talking about these important issues and went into the election wi=
thout a fatherhood / men=92s policy=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0=
 </SPAN=3EThe election results speak for themselves=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E=
</P=3E<P class=3DMsoPlainText style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt'=3E<SPAN style=3D=
'FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3E<o=
:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoPlainText style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm=
 0pt' align=3Djustify=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3EThe community=
 is becoming more and more alienated by influential minorities, who either d=
o not understand these issues or deny their existence=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-s=
pacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EThe vast majority of Australians believe that t=
here is a =91crisis in masculinity=92 and that the time has come to do somet=
hing about it=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EDo you know=
 that some of the greatest supporters of the fatherhood and men=92s movement=
 are women=3F<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EWomen are look=
ing for real men who will embrace excellence in fathering=2E<SPAN style=3D'm=
so-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EReal men put their families first=2E<SPAN s=
tyle=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EReal men become involved, committe=
d and responsible men in the home=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 =
</SPAN=3E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoPlainText style=3D'MARG=
IN: 0cm 0cm 0pt' align=3Djustify=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3ELe=
t=92s kill political correctness stone dead, and admit that there is a huge =
difference between the sexes=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoP=
lainText style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt' align=3Djustify=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT=
-FAMILY: Verdana'=3ELet us admit that children are made by a father and a mo=
ther=2E <o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoPlainText style=3D'MARGI=
N: 0cm 0cm 0pt' align=3Djustify=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3ELet=
=92s accept the fact that children need a father AND a mother=2E <o:p=3E</o:=
p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoPlainText style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt' ali=
gn=3Djustify=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3EAny other ideas in soc=
ial policy betray the truth and worse still betray our children=2E<o:p=3E</o=
:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoPlainText style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt'=3E=
<SPAN style=3D'FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3E<o:p=3E=A0</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P c=
lass=3DMsoPlainText style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt' align=3Djustify=3E<SPAN st=
yle=3D'FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3EWhile I was preparing this speech, Barry Will=
iams of the Lone Fathers=92 Association told me that he had been promised ma=
ny times by two senior ministers in this present government that he would be=
 given proper funding to run the important work of the Lone Fathers who are =
actually saving lives and helping families every day=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-sp=
acerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EBarry has told me how he once took the rope off =
a man=92s neck and revived him=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </S=
PAN=3EOther times he has mediated and disarmed men who threaten to do themse=
lves harm=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3ELone Fathers ha=
s been going for<IMG hspace=3D3 src=3D'http://www=2Ebosweb=2Ecom=2Eau/email=5F=
blast/client=5Fimages/fathers=5FTake-a-hike-=2Egif' align=3Dright vspace=3D3=
 border=3D0=3E 32 years=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EI=
t has 18 branches and counsels tens of thousands of men and their families e=
ach year=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EBarry is yet to =
receive any wage for his work helping the fathers, mothers and children of t=
his nation=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EBefore the ele=
ction, this government again promised proper funding for the Lone Fathers as=
 a national peak body for men and their families=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacer=
un: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3ETheir answer, after the election, was in effect =93G=
O TAKE A HIKE=94=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoPlainText sty=
le=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt'=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3E<o:p=3E=A0=
</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoPlainText style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt'=
 align=3Djustify=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3EI might have thoug=
ht that Barry Williams was exaggerating, but I have my own story to tell=2E<=
SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EOn Tuesday, 23rd March 2004,=
 the Fatherhood Foundation placed on the desk of four government Ministers a=
nd one Parliamentary secretary our proposal to help the fathers and families=
 of <st1:country-region w:st=3D'on'=3E<st1:place w:st=3D'on'=3EAustralia</st=
1:place=3E</st1:country-region=3E=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 =
</SPAN=3EIt is called the =93Australian Fatherhood Initiative =96 Media & Me=
ntoring Strategy=94=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EThis =
was a modular proposal surrounding a national bi-partisan Fatherhood Summit =
costing $330,000 and a comprehensive list of other strategies including rese=
arch, a national fatherhood helpline, with a three-year media and mentoring =
strategy=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EIts full cost wo=
uld be $12,000,000 =96 a small investment considering that fatherlessness co=
sts <st1:country-region w:st=3D'on'=3E<st1:place w:st=3D'on'=3EAustralia</st=
1:place=3E</st1:country-region=3E 13 billion dollars per year according to D=
r Bruce Robinson=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoPlainText sty=
le=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt'=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3E<o:p=3E=A0=
</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoPlainText style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt'=
 align=3Djustify=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3EWhat has been the =
government=92s answer to this well researched four-inch thick Fatherhood Ini=
tiative=3F<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3ENothing=2E Not ev=
en a letter of acknowledgement=2E <o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DM=
soPlainText style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt' align=3Djustify=3E<SPAN style=3D'F=
ONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3EHas the Opposition taken up the 12-point Plan=3F<SPAN=
 style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3ENo=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=
=3E<P class=3DMsoPlainText style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt' align=3Djustify=3E<=
SPAN style=3D'FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3EThat=92s right;<SPAN style=3D'mso-spac=
erun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EI have yet to receive any letter from any MP, Gove=
rnment or Opposition, to really come to grips with the seriousness of these =
issues=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EWe could have emba=
rrassed the Government severely before the last election, but I believe the =
=91restoration of fatherhood in <st1:country-region w:st=3D'on'=3E<st1:place=
 w:st=3D'on'=3EAustralia</st1:place=3E</st1:country-region=3E=92 should not =
become a political football because our children are more important than pol=
itical point-scoring=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoPlainText=
 style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt' align=3Djustify=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-FAMILY:=
 Verdana'=3EI accept this indignity of being ignored because so many men and=
 fathers go through the same process so often in dealing with government dep=
artments and our <st1:Street w:st=3D'on'=3E<st1:address w:st=3D'on'=3EFamily=
 Law Court</st1:address=3E</st1:Street=3E=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes=
'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EQuite possibly it was those women who hate men, and those w=
ho masquerade as men within the bureaucracy that conveniently filed our prop=
osal in the round filing cabinet in the corner=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun=
: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EBut where are the Ministers with the courage to take d=
ecisions and make the bureaucracy obey=3F<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P cl=
ass=3DMsoPlainText style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt' align=3Djustify=3E<SPAN sty=
le=3D'FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3E<o:p=3E=A0</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMs=
oPlainText style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt' align=3Djustify=3E<SPAN style=3D'FO=
NT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3EIn February 2003 my speech in our first Fatherhood For=
um pointed out that men=92s suicide, mostly fathers, was out of control=2E<S=
PAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EI pointed out that we needed =
to address this matter urgently=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </=
SPAN=3EHere we are, June 2005, and now four thousand more men have killed th=
emselves, and still nothing much has changed=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: =
yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3ERecent Government proposals are in the correct direction=
 but are inadequate=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoPlainText =
style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt'=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3E<o:p=3E=
=A0</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoPlainText style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0=
pt' align=3Djustify=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3EWe are not here=
 to ask polite questions=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3E=
We ask for action=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EWe gave=
 both sides of politics The 12point Plan=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=
=3E=A0 </SPAN=3E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoPlainText style=3D=
'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt' align=3Djustify=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=
=3EOur recommendations from the National Strategic Conference on Fatherhood =
in August 2003 still serve as the best basis for policies=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E<=
/SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoPlainText style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt' align=3D=
justify=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3EToday we release extra rese=
arch and an up-to-date summary =91Fathers in Families=92=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</=
SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoPlainText style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt'=3E<SPAN s=
tyle=3D'FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3E<o:p=3E=A0</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3D=
MsoPlainText style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt' align=3Djustify=3E<SPAN style=3D'=
FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3EAs I close let me read the words of this inspiration=
al poem:<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EI hope you put it o=
n your office wall and that you read it every day=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E=
</P=3E<P class=3DMsoPlainText style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt' align=3Djustify=3E=
<SPAN style=3D'FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3EAppreciate every moment with your chi=
ldren, Don=92t wish their childhood away=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P =
class=3DMsoPlainText style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt' align=3Djustify=3E<SPAN s=
tyle=3D'FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3EOne hundred years from now, it will not matt=
er w</SPAN=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3Ehat kind of car you drov=
e, What kind of house you lived in, h</SPAN=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-FAMILY: Ve=
rdana'=3Eow many books you wrote, or what your clothes looked like=2E<o:p=3E=
</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoPlainText style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt'=
 align=3Djustify=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3EBut the world may =
be a little better<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoPlainText styl=
e=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt' align=3Djustify=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-FAMILY: Verd=
ana'=3EBecause you were important in the life of a child=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</=
SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoPlainText style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt'=3E<SPAN s=
tyle=3D'FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3E<o:p=3E=A0</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3D=
MsoPlainText style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt' align=3Djustify=3E<SPAN style=3D'=
FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3EWhat do the Fathers and Families of Australia want=3F=
<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=
=3E<P class=3DMsoPlainText style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt' align=3Djustify=3E<=
SPAN style=3D'FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3EI think it is a =93fair go=94 and that=
 is listed in our =91Fathers in Families=92 document and =93The 12point Plan=
=94=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=
=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoPlainText style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt' align=3Djusti=
fy=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3ELet=92s have a bi-partisan Fathe=
rhood Summit in the Great Hall of Parliament House, <st1:City w:st=3D'on'=3E=
<st1:place w:st=3D'on'=3ECanberra</st1:place=3E</st1:City=3E in August 2006=2E=
<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3ENow wouldn=92t that be a gr=
eat way to celebrate Fathers Day 2006 with a government and opposition that =
unite together to turn the tide of fatherlessness in our nation!!<o:p=3E</o:=
p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoPlainText style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt'=3E<=
SPAN style=3D'FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3E<o:p=3E=A0</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P cl=
ass=3DMsoPlainText style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt' align=3Djustify=3E<SPAN sty=
le=3D'FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3EThis is our nation=92s biggest single social p=
roblem=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3ESolve this one and=
 you=92ll save hundreds of billions of dollars over the next decade in gover=
nment spending=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3ELet=92s al=
l become pro-active instead of reactive=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=
=A0 </SPAN=3E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoPlainText style=3D'=
MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt' align=3Djustify=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3E=
I call on all men and women of goodwill in our nation to please work togethe=
r to save marriages, restore fatherhood and renew family life=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=
=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoPlainText style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt' alig=
n=3Djustify=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3EWe need quality relatio=
nships and care for society=92s most vulnerable members, and that is our chi=
ldren=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoPlainText style=3D'MARGI=
N: 0cm 0cm 0pt' align=3Djustify=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3ETod=
ay is a new beginning - Let us make it happen - - - for our children=92s sak=
e=2E</SPAN=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3E<o:p=3E=A0</o:p=3E</SPAN=
=3E</FONT=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</FONT=3E</SPAN=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'F=
ONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-=
AU'=3E<FONT color=3D#000000=3E<FONT size=3D2=3E</P=3E</FONT=3E</FONT=3E</FON=
T=3E</FONT=3E</FONT=3E</FONT=3E</FONT=3E</FONT=3E</FONT=3E</FONT=3E</SPAN=3E=
</SPAN=3E</SPAN=3E</SPAN=3E</SPAN=3E</SPAN=3E</SPAN=3E</SPAN=3E</SPAN=3E</SP=
AN=3E</SPAN=3E<br=3E<br=3E<div align=3Dright=3E<font size=3D2=3E<a href=3D'#=
top'=3EBack to top</a=3E</font=3E</div=3E<br=3E<p=3E</p=3E</font=3E</blockqu=
ote=3E</td=3E</tr=3E<tr=3E<td width=3D578 height=3D13 bgcolor=3D'#ffffff' no=
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thers/template1/Generic/banner=2Ejpg' width=3D595=3E</td=3E</tr=3E<tr=3E<td =
width=3D578 height=3D25 bgcolor=3D'#ffffff' background=3D'http://www=2Eboswe=
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rif' color=3Dblack=3E<br=3E<a name=3D'anchor6'=3E</a=3E<b=3ESingle Dads</b=3E=
</font=3E<font face=3D'verdana' size=3D2=3E<br=3E<br=3E<div=3E<img src=3D'ht=
tp://www=2Ebosweb=2Ecom=2Eau/email=5Fblast/client=5Fimages/fathers=5Fissue14=
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a'=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3E<P class=3DMsoPlainText style=3D=
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ivering Dad Back to his Children<=3Fxml:namespace prefix =3D o ns =3D 'urn:s=
chemas-microsoft-com:office:office' /=3E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</STRONG=3E</SPAN=3E<=
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FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3Eby Tony Miller<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=
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=3EWow, what a few weeks=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3E=
Parkinson's Taskforce Release of suggested reforms, <=3Fxml:namespace prefix=
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w:st=3D'on'=3EFour Corners</st1:place=3E, Fatherhood Forum 05, The Lonefathe=
rs Conference, the Attorney General's release of suggested reforms=2E<SPAN s=
tyle=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EReceiving a beautiful plaque from =
the Fatherhood Forum in Parliament House for our dids work=2E<SPAN style=3D'=
mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EMy son telling me he is proud of me, my da=
ughter sending me an email of how wonderful she thinks I am, doing the work =
I do=2E That she loves me=2E Do you here that=3F That she loves me=2E<SPAN s=
tyle=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EMy ten year <IMG hspace=3D2 src=3D=
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edad=5F150=2Ejpg' align=3Dright vspace=3D2 border=3D0=3Eold son left a messa=
ge on my whiteboard in my office=2E I (heart) dad so much and he drew a coup=
le of stick figures of him and me=2E I am an every-second-weekend dad and I =
have to tell you I find that tough=2E So does he=2E But it's better than som=
e who have none=2E Of all the things that have happened to me in the past ye=
ar, those above<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3Eare the most=
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align=3Djustify=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3EI look up at the be=
autiful glass plague proudly displayed above my computer that I was presente=
d by the Fatherhood Forum in Parliament House that reads, Presented to Tony =
Miller - In recognition of his leadership & compassion for Australian father=
s & families=2E=2E=2E=2E=2E=2E=2EYou know what, I don't deserve it=2E I said=
 at the time I accept this award on behalf of all the volunteers that work i=
n this organisation: all the guys who listen on the phones, who man the meet=
ings, who answer the emails, who, just by being there and offering a hand up=
 to some guy less fortunate than them, save lives=2E Those awesome fathers I=
 hear in meetings all over the country - who just want to be Dad=2E They are=
 the guys who deserve this award=2E The Lifesavers=2E The dads=2E It really =
needs to be broken into little pieces and given to each and every one of the=
m=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoPlainText style=3D'MARGIN: 0=
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le=3D'FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3EYou know, I said at the beginning of this year=
 that this would be the year of the father=2E Dad=92s year, and I firmly bel=
ieve that's exactly what it's been so far=2E For the first time in the histo=
ry of this country Dad is being recognised politically as being of real valu=
e in his children's lives regardless of divorce or separation=2E It wasn't t=
here before=2E Believe me=2E Finally people are talking of the value of fath=
ers in the day-to-day lives of their children=2E It wasn't there before=2E T=
oday the hottest issue on the agenda is the fatherhood issue=2E Dads are wal=
king a little taller today because of the efforts of many in the field, many=
 politicians, many media people, many mums, dads, grandparents and children =
who have had enough of such a flawed system=2E It's been your combined effor=
t that has us finally sitting at the table discussing the issues with those =
that make the decisions=2E Let's not lose sight of that=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso=
-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EAnd let's make that count=2E <o:p=3E</o:p=3E<=
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erdana'=3EJust a couple of days ago the Attorney General released the Govern=
ment=92s reponse to =91Every Picture Tells a Story, A new family law system=92=
=2E Take the time to read it=2E You can download it on <A href=3D'http://www=
=2Ebosweb=2Ecom=2Eau/email=5Fblast/rr=2Easp=3Fs=3D3259&v=3D55&c=3D21&u=3Dhtt=
p://www=2Edadsindistress=2Easn=2Eau'=3Ewww=2Edadsindistress=2Easn=2Eau</A=3E=
 <SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3ETake the time to write to =
the Attorney General or your local MP and voice your satisfaction or dissati=
sfaction=2E Let them know how you feel about it=2E If you truly wish for ref=
orm in this country then this Government is giving you the opportunity to be=
 a part of that reform=2E Tell them=2E This is your opportunity, don't let i=
t pass=2E Every letter, every email signals 100 votes=2E So tell them how yo=
u feel and please don't send form letters because they don't get read=2E Tel=
l them from your heart how you feel=2E Tell them in your words=2E ag@ag=2Ego=
v=2Eau<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3Eor write Attorney-Gen=
eral=92s Department Central Office, Robert Garran Offices, National Circuit,=
 Barton, ACT 2600=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoPlainText st=
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 to<IMG hspace=3D2 src=3D'http://www=2Ebosweb=2Ecom=2Eau/email=5Fblast/clien=
t=5Fimages/fathers=5Fdelivering%20children=2Ejpg' align=3Dright vspace=3D2 b=
order=3D0=3E reform a system that will deliver dad back to his children, tak=
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-FAMILY: Verdana'=3E<STRONG=3E<FONT size=3D4=3EHoward Government Betrays the=
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<SPAN style=3D'FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3E<FONT color=3Dbrown=3EThe Fatherhood =
Foundation has called the proposed family law amendments =91a betrayal of th=
e children of Australia=92=2E=A0 Warwick Marsh, convenor of the recent Fathe=
rhood Forum at Parliament House, Canberra said, =93The Howard government mus=
t take credit for the period of strong economic growth Australia is enjoying=
, but it must also take the credit for the strong devastating growth in fath=
erlessness that is destroying the future of Australia=92s children=2E=A0 Ove=
r one million children live without their biological father in the home=2E=A0=
 Many of these children never see their father at all=2E=A0 This must not be=
 allowed to continue=2E=A0 Children need both a father and a mother=2E=A0 Sh=
ared parenting after divorce is the first stage of stemming the tide of fath=
erlessness in our nation=94=2E</FONT=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P align=3Djustify=3E<=
SPAN style=3D'FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3E<FONT color=3Dbrown=3EThe Fatherhood F=
oundation released =91Fathers in Families=92 at the Fatherhood Forum on 21st=
 June 2005=2E=A0 This document shows how fatherlessness is associated with m=
any grave social problems including increased crime, increased poverty, incr=
eased drug abuse, increased child sexual abuse, increased child physical abu=
se, increased levels of teenage suicide and bad educational outcomes for chi=
ldren=2E=A0 Fatherlessness costs Australia over 13 billion dollars per year =
according to Dr Bruce Robinson from the University of Western Australia=2E=A0=
 The 12pt Plan contained in =91Fathers and Families=92 makes perfect economi=
c sense=2E=A0 An Office for the Status of Fathers, as recommended in The 12p=
t Plan, would be the most cost effective investment in families this present=
 government could make=2E=A0 Such an office could help reel in the out-of-co=
ntrol government bureaucracy that doesn=92t seem to understand the important=
 contribution that fathers make to families=2E=A0 Such an office could provi=
de the necessary balance to ensure family law reform legislation is carried =
out correctly=2E=A0 </FONT=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P align=3Djustify=3E<SPAN style=
=3D'FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3E<FONT color=3Dbrown=3EThe government thinks they=
 can solve the population crisis by provision of the Baby Bonus, but what ab=
out the fatherhood crisis=3F=A0 The government seems to have forgotten that =
it takes a mother and a father to create a child=2E=A0 What father, or mothe=
r, wants to have children that may be taken from them on the whim of the cou=
rt=3F=A0 If the government can show leadership in other areas of much-needed=
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rriages will encourage more men and women to have children=2E=A0 Only then c=
an we begin to rebuild marriage as the bedrock institution of our nation=2E=A0=
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