Commentary For the last quarter-century, our official Australian statisticians have been refusing to publish data on the gender of perpetrators of child abuse—information vital to child protection. The reason is simple. Our once world-leading reforms to family law encouraging shared parenting have been very effectively derailed by claims this puts youngsters at risk through exposing them to violent fathers. But imagine if the truth emerged that mothers pose just as great a risk as fathers of physical and psychological abuse and neglect of children. This might even give a family court judge pause before he gives a nod to the current default position of believing a woman’s claims that she’s a safer option. That’s the last thing feminist bureaucrats want—hence they work hard, with the help of compliant media, to ensure all relevant government bodies toe the line. Back in 1996, the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) published …