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Ex-reporter in child abuse material case seeks evidence

Ex-reporter in child abuse material case seeks evidence

A former TV reporter with A Current Affair is in custody while charged with more than 60 offences of transmitting child sexual abuse material.

Grieving parents dismayed after driver goes free

Grieving parents dismayed after driver goes free

Grieving parents dismayed after driver goes free

Grieving parents dismayed after driver goes free

The grieving parents of a boy killed when a woman drove through his school fence have called for legislative change to make sure drivers are held accountable.

Cigarette draw backs for smoker's kids, grandchildren

Cigarette draw backs for smoker's kids, grandchildren

Cigarette draw backs for smoker's kids, grandchildren

Cigarette draw backs for smoker's kids, grandchildren

Harm from cigarettes could be handed down to a smoker's children and even grandchildren, sparking a fresh health warning for families.

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Social media age checks fuel 'conspiracy' privacy fears

Social media age checks fuel 'conspiracy' privacy fears

Tools aimed at enforcing the looming social media ban for under-16s have been criticised by experts who are warning against using third-parties to verify age.

Parents to get more information about childcare safety

Parents to get more information about childcare safety

A website allowing parents to compare childcare centres is getting a safety overhaul following multiple abuse allegations in the sector.

Social media ban no 'watertight' fix for child safety

Social media ban no 'watertight' fix for child safety

A social media ban is unlikely to completely protect kids from online harms as questions remain over age-assurance technology.

Young authors hoping croc book inspires next generation

Young authors hoping croc book inspires next generation

Indigenous Literacy Day is showcasing the strength in stories with a new book about a croc thwarted by local kids and a film made in remote communities.

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Tennis coach who preyed on young students jailed

Tennis coach who preyed on young students jailed

Tennis coach who preyed on young students jailed

Tennis coach who preyed on young students jailed

A regional tennis coach will spend 12 months behind bars after admitting he sexually assaulted seven young female students.

Huge cost of missing early intervention for children

Huge cost of missing early intervention for children

Huge cost of missing early intervention for children

Huge cost of missing early intervention for children

A failure to identify health and development issues in young Australians is costing $22.3 billion annually, described as a "wake-up call" for governments.

Scores of childcare workers' clearances to be suspended

Scores of childcare workers' clearances to be suspended

Scores of childcare workers' clearances to be suspended

Scores of childcare workers' clearances to be suspended

A gap allowing childcare workers accused of offences to keep working in one state will be closed, with more than 170 people in the firing line.

Girl accused of attempted murder withdraws bail bid

Girl accused of attempted murder withdraws bail bid

Girl accused of attempted murder withdraws bail bid

Girl accused of attempted murder withdraws bail bid

A girl accused of stealing a vehicle in an attempt to reach an equine therapy centre then stabbing her foster carer remains behind bars.

Youngest senator describes battle with depression

Youngest senator describes battle with depression

Youngest senator describes battle with depression

Youngest senator describes battle with depression

Australia's youngest senator celebrated her 21st birthday on election night, and has laid bare her journey to the nation's federal parliament.

Child sex offenders to be known in public registry

Child sex offenders to be known in public registry

Child sex offenders to be known in public registry

Child sex offenders to be known in public registry

New laws will allow parents in one state to search for child sex offenders who live nearby but some groups say the changes could do more harm than good.

Childcare reforms count on tech too much to stop abuse

Childcare reforms count on tech too much to stop abuse

Childcare reforms count on tech too much to stop abuse

Childcare reforms count on tech too much to stop abuse

Childcare workers will be placed under greater monitoring and supervision but experts say deeper issues within the sector are enabling predatory behaviour.

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No 'idle threat': childcare on notice as reforms agreed

Education ministers have agreed to a national CCTV trial in childcare centres, a workers register and mandatory training as providers are warned to shape up.

Minister denies blindsiding states on NDIS reforms

Disability Minister Mark Butler says the state and territories were kept in the loop on NDIS changes, as peak bodies say uncertainty remains on the overhaul.

State squeezes feds on national CCTV trial in childcare

A national trial of CCTV in childcare centres is expected to be discussed at a meeting of federal, state and territory ministers after a damning safety review.

The wrong fit: children with autism moved off NDIS

A plan to divert children with autism and development delays from the NDIS is crucial to ensure the scheme remains sustainable, the disability minister says.

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Lost trust prompts swift overhaul for childcare checks

A state premier has promised to overhaul childcare safeguards after admitting parents' trust has been shattered by "horrific" allegations of abuse.

Mum's justice plea for coffee-attack baby as man found

Almost a year after an attack that shocked a nation, the mother of a baby badly burnt by a stranger's coffee is still seeking justice for her recovering son.

Bail bid delayed for attempted murder-accused girl

A 12-year-old girl has been accused of stabbing her foster carer and stealing a vehicle in order to visit a horse therapy facility, a magistrate has heard.

Powerful voices reveal the truth of family violence

More than 5000 people informed the work of a royal commission into domestic, family and sexual violence, which made their voices central to its findings.

Reforms begin to close working-with-children loopholes

An urgent plan to close loopholes in working with children checks will not "reinvent the wheel" but the government is confident it will help protect children.

Tougher national working with kids scheme by year's end

Australia will fast-track the rollout of reforms for working with children checks after the existing system was slammed by the prime minister as "hopeless".

Darwin tradie's Wobbly Bike debut wins kid's book prize

The Wobbly Bike, by Darwin tradesman Darren McCallum, is among the winners of the Children’s Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Awards.

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