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Youth worker preyed on vulnerable victims for decades

Youth worker preyed on vulnerable victims for decades

A former youth worker will spend at least a decade behind bars for the long-term sexual abuse of young boys across decades, many of them vulnerable.

Overhaul pledge for 'shocking' failures in foster care

Overhaul pledge for 'shocking' failures in foster care

Overhaul pledge for 'shocking' failures in foster care

Overhaul pledge for 'shocking' failures in foster care

Many out-of-home care providers are failing to provide basic support to children despite being paid hundreds of thousands to do so, a damning report has found.

'Cruel, inhuman': justice laws to violate human rights

'Cruel, inhuman': justice laws to violate human rights

'Cruel, inhuman': justice laws to violate human rights

'Cruel, inhuman': justice laws to violate human rights

New youth justice laws will likely increase the number of children in detention and put pressure on packed facilities, a state government admits.

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Tech giant concern as social media ban passes

Tech giant concern as social media ban passes

The parent company for Facebook has hit out at a looming ban on under 16s for social media, labelling the process as rushed.

Human rights commissioner slams new youth crime laws

Human rights commissioner slams new youth crime laws

The Queensland government has been accused of "plumbing the depths" by pushing through laws that will ensure children face harsher penalties for serious crimes.

'Irrevocable pain': parents confront childcare rapist

'Irrevocable pain': parents confront childcare rapist

Some of the many women abused as girls by child care worker Ashley Paul Griffith over 19 years have told a judge they have scars that will never heal.

Social media ban 'significant risk' to child's rights

Social media ban 'significant risk' to child's rights

A blanket social media ban for Australians under 16 has been criticised for limiting rights and not having enough privacy safeguards for all users.

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Teen social media ban a step closer despite concerns

Teen social media ban a step closer despite concerns

Teen social media ban a step closer despite concerns

Teen social media ban a step closer despite concerns

A social media ban is looming for Australians aged under 16 after the measure to force restrictions on many platforms cleared its first hurdle in parliament.

Changing lives: childcare worker pay increase lauded

Changing lives: childcare worker pay increase lauded

Changing lives: childcare worker pay increase lauded

Changing lives: childcare worker pay increase lauded

A wage increase for early childhood educators has been lauded as a first step towards universal childcare that will benefit the sector and Australian families.

Two-year-old girl dies after being found in parked car

Two-year-old girl dies after being found in parked car

Two-year-old girl dies after being found in parked car

Two-year-old girl dies after being found in parked car

Police are investigating after a two-year-old girl found unconscious in a car parked outside a regional town's council office could not be revived and died.

'Knee-jerk reaction' social media ban set to pass

'Knee-jerk reaction' social media ban set to pass

'Knee-jerk reaction' social media ban set to pass

'Knee-jerk reaction' social media ban set to pass

A proposal to ban children from social media is expected to become law despite experts and politicians arguing it may not make the internet safer for kids.

'Whatever it takes': child removal floated to tackle DV

'Whatever it takes': child removal floated to tackle DV

'Whatever it takes': child removal floated to tackle DV

'Whatever it takes': child removal floated to tackle DV

Child protection practices will be examined by a government in response to a landmark inquiry into the domestic violence deaths of four women.

Baby dies amid unprecedented whooping cough outbreak

Baby dies amid unprecedented whooping cough outbreak

Baby dies amid unprecedented whooping cough outbreak

Baby dies amid unprecedented whooping cough outbreak

A newborn baby is dead and infections are surging as health authorities scramble to contain a worsening national whooping cough epidemic.

Rush to pass social media ban angers experts, MPs

Rush to pass social media ban angers experts, MPs

Rush to pass social media ban angers experts, MPs

Rush to pass social media ban angers experts, MPs

As parliament prepares to stop people younger than 16 using social media, the government has been accused of trying to ram through the laws without scrutiny.

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Teen babysitter charged with neglect of toddler

A toddler was left burnt and bruised with internal injuries so severe that he needed to be intubated in hospital, South Australian police say.

'You've saved our lives': 100 years of caring for kids

Nancy Bird Walton, Queen Elizabeth and a desperate rural mum are some of the people touched by the work of a charity that's cared for rural children since 1924.

Truckie jailed 20 years after boy killed in hit-and-run

Almost 20 years to the day since a "wonderful" six-year-old boy was killed in a hit-and-run crash, the driver responsible for his death has been jailed.

Social media age ban coming 'as soon as possible': PM

A push to ban children younger than 16 from using social media platforms is likely to secure cross-party support and pass parliament as soon as next week.

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Indigenous kids removed from family at growing rates

Governments must get serious in supporting 'woefully underfunded' community organisations as a report reveals the startling rate of Indigenous child removals.

Discrimination case launched over child removals

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families have launched legal action against the Western Australian and NSW governments over child removals.

Driver who killed niece, five, in crash spared jail

A Victorian driver who killed her five-year-old niece and caused another woman to have a stillbirth has been spared jail.

'That's my daughter': woman jailed over abduction bid

A woman who accidentally killed her baby in a scalding hot bath has been warned to turn her life around after trying to abduct another child from a bus stop.

Parents to lose final say in social media ban for kids

Australian parents won't be allowed to decide whether their children can use social media if they are under the age of 16.

May the 4th brings galaxy-first Star Wars LEGO show

A world-first Star Wars LEGO show is set to premiere in Melbourne - on May the 4th, of course.

Why Aussie school students are being given an AI grade

An artificial intelligence tool developed in Australia is being tested in classrooms and early results suggest it is helping students improve their answers.

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