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Court blocks name of TV personality facing sex charges

Court blocks name of TV personality facing sex charges

A TV personality charged with multiple counts of indecent treatment of children, rape, sexual assault, torture and assaults cannot be identified.

Community vigil for siblings who died in shed fire

Community vigil for siblings who died in shed fire

Community vigil for siblings who died in shed fire

Community vigil for siblings who died in shed fire

A vigil has been held to honour three young siblings killed in a shed fire in Victoria and show support for their distraught family.

From spoilt and selfish to valued: new verdict on kids

From spoilt and selfish to valued: new verdict on kids

From spoilt and selfish to valued: new verdict on kids

From spoilt and selfish to valued: new verdict on kids

Adults are seeing Australian children in a new light, in a dramatic shift from descriptions of spoilt, selfish and lazy that prevailed just seven years ago.

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Australian man jailed after sex-trafficked kids rescued

Australian man jailed after sex-trafficked kids rescued

A Melbourne man has been sentenced to 11 years in prison after he sexually abused children in the Philippines, before they were rescued.

Societal norms led to kids being abused with impunity

Societal norms led to kids being abused with impunity

Child sexual abuse remained relatively invisible during the mid-20th century with societal norms relegating children's rights as less important.

New legal partnership aimed at reducing child removals

New legal partnership aimed at reducing child removals

It's hoped a partnership between the Aboriginal Legal Service, Legal Aid and the NSW government will reduce the number of children in out-of-home care.

Muffin Break franchise fined for hiring underage kids

Muffin Break franchise fined for hiring underage kids

A Melbourne Muffin Break franchise has been fined after admitting 360 charges relating to the illegal employment of three 14-year-old children last year.

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Christian brother jailed for preying on vulnerable boys

Christian brother jailed for preying on vulnerable boys

Christian brother jailed for preying on vulnerable boys

Christian brother jailed for preying on vulnerable boys

Victorian Christian Brother John Laidlaw has been jailed for seven years for sexually assaulting six boys over a 24-year period.

Ex-WA MP James Hayward jailed for sexually abusing girl

Ex-WA MP James Hayward jailed for sexually abusing girl

Ex-WA MP James Hayward jailed for sexually abusing girl

Ex-WA MP James Hayward jailed for sexually abusing girl

Former WA MP James Hayward will spend at least 16 and a half months behind bars for sexually abusing a girl aged between six and eight.

National search to unearth fresh teen acting talent

National search to unearth fresh teen acting talent

National search to unearth fresh teen acting talent

National search to unearth fresh teen acting talent

A national talent search is giving aspiring teen actors the chance to perform in front of a Hollywood casting director.

NBA star helping Indigenous youth on and off the court

NBA star helping Indigenous youth on and off the court

NBA star helping Indigenous youth on and off the court

NBA star helping Indigenous youth on and off the court

NBA star Patty Mills has partnered with the University of Queensland in a new program aimed at improving the health outcomes of First Nations youths

Boost to early education to entice workers to stay

Boost to early education to entice workers to stay

Boost to early education to entice workers to stay

Boost to early education to entice workers to stay

The federal government's $72.4 million investment into early childhood education will allow workers to grow, upskill and hopefully remain in the job.

Teen accused of schoolboy attack hit with new charges

Teen accused of schoolboy attack hit with new charges

Teen accused of schoolboy attack hit with new charges

Teen accused of schoolboy attack hit with new charges

Teenagers who allegedly left a schoolboy with life-altering injuries were involved in the robbery of a 13-year-old girl weeks before, a court has been told.

Qld fast-tracks youth remand centre after criticism

Qld fast-tracks youth remand centre after criticism

Qld fast-tracks youth remand centre after criticism

Qld fast-tracks youth remand centre after criticism

Facing criticism for allowing youths to be detained in watchhouses, the Queensland government will fast-track the construction of a juvenile remand centre.

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Reviews, reports raised youth centre issues for decades

An inquiry says Tasmanian governments over decades were made aware of systemic deficiencies at the state's youth detention centre but failed to properly act.

Child abuse risk at detention centre 'live and current'

It will take years to close a troubled youth detention centre described as being a "live" sexual abuse risk, Tasmania's government says.

We're already labelled: group accused over girl's death

Members of a religious group charged over the death of a girl by withholding diabetes medication say they've already been labelled so "won't seek a jury trial".

Rights chief pans delay in releasing UN report on jails

A confidential UN report on conditions inside Australian jails and detention centres must be released by the government, the human rights commissioner says.

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'Disgusting' killed teen's family cry as boy acquitted

Family and supporters of murdered 16-year-old Declan Cutler have screamed out in a Melbourne court room as one of eight boys was acquitted of his murder.

Delay to bail decision for teen charged over abduction

A teen accused of attacking a school boy as he walked home, leaving him with life-altering injuries, will have to wait to hear if he is released on bail.

Machete group targeted vulnerable kids leaving school

One of three teens who abducted a 14-year-old on his way home from school has applied for bail, as a court hears the victim has suffered life-altering injuries.

Evangelical church minister admits to child sex abuse

An evangelical church minister who was extradited to Victoria from Tasmania to face child sex abuse charges has admitted to two historic offences.

Cop who filmed sex with two teenage girls jailed

A cop who filmed explicit videos of two girls aged 14 and 16 and posted some of them to a fetish website has been jailed for at least two years.

Woman helped hide grandmother on the run with boy

A 72-year-old woman has been sentenced after admitting she helped a grandmother hide a child from authorities by giving them a place to stay.

Dawson to wait longer for parole after sex with student

Convicted wife-murderer Christopher Dawson has had one year added to his non-parole period for having a unlawful sexual relationship with one of his students.

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