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Follow the day’s news live Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Ride share driver charged on allegations of committing sexual acts during booking A ride share driver will face court in Sydney today over multiple allegations of sexual acts, including one allegedly committed in the city’s CBD last weekend. They’re sick and tired of the feminisation of our curriculum and the lack of direction and leadership that they’re given. Maybe we should look at getting more male teachers in. That used to be an agenda. I don’t know what’s happened to that, but maybe we should have more male role models in schools. I just know young boys often feel that they don’t get any kind of instruction, leadership. They’re not cherished there. They’re patronised. They’re full of testosterone. … I just worry some of the solutions here don’t really understand what goes in a young boy’s mind. Continue reading...