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More than $1 billion for women and girls' health plan

More than $1 billion for women and girls' health plan

The Queensland government has pledged $1 billion over five years to improve women and girls' health care experience as part of a landmark strategy.

Kids in hotel care cut, staffing and info gaps linger

Kids in hotel care cut, staffing and info gaps linger

Kids in hotel care cut, staffing and info gaps linger

Kids in hotel care cut, staffing and info gaps linger

NSW has fewer children under protection living in hotels, but workers are fleeing, while outsourced providers have been reporting inaccurate information.

Bus driver, students still scarred by space camp crash

Bus driver, students still scarred by space camp crash

Bus driver, students still scarred by space camp crash

Bus driver, students still scarred by space camp crash

A truckie who rear-ended a school bus on its way to space camp has faced court, where his lawyer questioned doctors on the seriousness of passenger injuries.

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Detention centre builds to help handle juvenile crime

Detention centre builds to help handle juvenile crime

Queensland is almost doubling the capacity of its youth detention system in a bid to keep the community safe amid an outcry over juvenile crime.

Mum in 'trauma' as son's killers jailed for second time

Mum in 'trauma' as son's killers jailed for second time

The parents of a 15-year-old boy who was stabbed to death have endured a multi-year ordeal in the legal system due to the two killers' appeal and retrial.

Ex-bishop indicates not guilty plea to child sex abuse

Ex-bishop indicates not guilty plea to child sex abuse

A former bishop of Broome, Christopher Saunders, has appeared in court over historical child sex abuse allegations and indicated he will fight the charges.

Program for First Nations child offenders expanded

Program for First Nations child offenders expanded

A program that tries to break the cycle for Indigenous juvenile offenders by sending them to regional areas rather than detention centres will be expanded.

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Predator admits threatening child to follow rules

Predator admits threatening child to follow rules

Predator admits threatening child to follow rules

Predator admits threatening child to follow rules

A judge has delayed sentencing so a man who admitted dozens of offences can be assessed to understand the sinister and manipulative offending.

Mother, father to face trial on baby murder charge

Mother, father to face trial on baby murder charge

Mother, father to face trial on baby murder charge

Mother, father to face trial on baby murder charge

A woman has been committed to stand trial charged with murdering her seven-month-old son and failing to provide the necessities of life for the baby.

Search for children who may have handled infected bat

Search for children who may have handled infected bat

Search for children who may have handled infected bat

Search for children who may have handled infected bat

A search for four children who were seen playing with an infected bat in Ipswich continues as authorities warn the infection can be deadly to humans.

Tears flow at apology to Victorian state care victims

Tears flow at apology to Victorian state care victims

Tears flow at apology to Victorian state care victims

Tears flow at apology to Victorian state care victims

Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan has delivered a formal apology on behalf of the state to victims of historical abuse and neglect in institutional care.

Parents charged over two-year-old girl's death

Parents charged over two-year-old girl's death

Parents charged over two-year-old girl's death

Parents charged over two-year-old girl's death

A Queensland man and woman have been charged with murder after allegedly denying their sick toddler medical treatment.

Book Laureate vaults reading barriers with Rippin tales

Book Laureate vaults reading barriers with Rippin tales

Book Laureate vaults reading barriers with Rippin tales

Book Laureate vaults reading barriers with Rippin tales

Australian Children’s Laureate Sally Rippin will use her post to raise awareness about neurodiversity in children struggling to read.

Trio on trial for conspiracy involving moving children

Trio on trial for conspiracy involving moving children

Trio on trial for conspiracy involving moving children

Trio on trial for conspiracy involving moving children

Three people, including a doctor, have pleaded not guilty to charges relating to the removal of children from Queensland to NSW.

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It's rubbish: TikTok MP trashes 'lazy' youth cliche

One of Australia's most-followed MPs on TikTok says older generations are too lazy and careless to show up on the platforms youth use.

Young boy bitten in latest dingo attack on island

A dingo has bitten a boy on a Queensland island in the fourth such attack in as many weeks, with the young victim taken by boat to hospital on the mainland.

Mother lashes out during jumping castle court hearing

The operator of a jumping castle company has pleaded not guilty to workplace safety breaches after the deaths of six Tasmanian primary school students.

Data reveals 'gaping holes' in child-protection system

Spiking caseworker vacancies fuelled by burnout and trauma are leaving thousands of children in the NSW protection system at risk, data shows.

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Cost issues still putting child care in the corner

Government intervention, including financial backing, is among the recommendations of a review of Australia's childcare sector.

Death of baby who swallowed screw a 'tragic accident'

A Tasmanian coroner has determined the death of an 11-month-old boy who died after swallowing a metal screw was a "tragic accident".

'Degrading AI content' changing face of cyberbullying

Nearly 50 cyberbullying incidents a week are being reported to the eSafety Commissioner amid the rise in generative AI.

New mum's cry for help ignored before killing baby

A coroner has recommended sweeping changes to maternal child health system following the death of a baby, struck by a train alongside her mother.

Teacher faces child grooming trial over student email

A female teacher's email to herself about a male teenage student has been used by prosecutors as evidence of intent to procure a child for sex.

Justice system puts troubled tweens on downward spiral

Current responses to children aged between 10 and 13 with alleged offending have little therapeutic or developmental benefit, a new criminology report says.

Boy, 14, charged over fatal crash with stolen car

A teenage boy will face court after police alleged he was driving a stolen vehicle involved in a fatal collision.

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