An abridged version of this article appeared as an op-ed in the Newcastle Herald on November 17, 2012, and on the Online Opinion website on November 23, 2012.
November 19 is International Men’s Day: a time to promote male role models; to celebra...
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OFFICIAL MO NEWS & CULTURE
Movember 2012 has arrived and we're getting down to the raw hard truths of the past two years and taking a look, quite simply, at what it means to be a better man. 2012 is the year of Movember & Sons. The collectiv...
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Dean Mason, chairman of Dads in Distress Support Services, whose book, Daddy's OK, will be launched tomorrow. Photo: Jason South
When Tim's* marriage ended more than a decade ago, the Melbourne teacher who was living alone in his small workshop, thoug...
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Every year, tens of thousands of Australian children are not able to wish their dad, or their granddad, a happy Father's Day due to their parents being separated or divorced.
What does that tell us, that fathers who don't see their children are "deadb...
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The Hon. Mr Kevin Humphries MP, Minister for Mental Health, recently established the Ministerial Advisory Committee on Suicide Prevention as part of the implementation of the NSW Suicide Prevention Strategy 2010-2015.
Using the NSW Strategy as a refere...
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Dustin Hoffman in 1979's "Kramer vs. Kramer." Children need their fathers!
How courts and the culture disrespect dad
By Barbara Kay / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS, Sunday, June 17, 2012, 4:47 AM
From the loving, engaged portrayals of fathers featured in recent...
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The Blokes' Book is a directory of services available to men across a broad range of health and wellbeing areas including crisis services, relationships, fathering, eating right, being active, weight control, alcohol and drug use, preventable dise...
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The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) report on men’s health focuses the spotlight on widely unrecognised aspects of male health. This could mean that policy can now address men’s health in a much more holistic manner.
The ...
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As Father's Day 2012 approaches, let’s take stock of the significance of fathers in children’s lives by examining what the child-development research tells us about the effects of father absence. There is a much more nuanced picture than t...
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"We must intervene early and invest smarter" ... the Minister for Mental Health, Mark Butler. Photo: Quentin Jones
MENTAL ILLNESS in young men costs the Australian economy more than $3 billion per annum, a new report to be launched by the minister for...
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In this month's issue:
men’s health week 2012 launched
marking World Kidney Day
Training Programs
Effective Ways of Engaging Men
Effective Men’s Health Promotion
Important new men’s health survey
mate to mate program launched
2 out ...
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