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Child grooming practices hiding in plain sight

Child grooming practices hiding in plain sight

A social media campaign aims to educate people about grooming, an insidious precursor to child sexual abuse with survivors often known to the perpetrator.

Child support system 'broken' and being weaponised

Child support system 'broken' and being weaponised

Child support system 'broken' and being weaponised

Child support system 'broken' and being weaponised

A report has found Australian parents are not getting the necessary help from the child support system when they are the victims of financial abuse.

Parents spending thousands to choose baby's sex

Parents spending thousands to choose baby's sex

Parents spending thousands to choose baby's sex

Parents spending thousands to choose baby's sex

Australian parents are spending tens of thousands of dollars to travel overseas and access IVF and sex selection in order to balance out their families.

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'Your Pippa is still alive': mum's health reform plea

'Your Pippa is still alive': mum's health reform plea

The family of a two-year-old girl who died in hospital after multiple mistakes is seeking change to stop other people's loved ones meeting a similar fate.

Tyrrell foster mum spared intimidation conviction

Tyrrell foster mum spared intimidation conviction

A court has declined to clear William Tyrrell's foster mother of intimidating another child but has allowed her to walk without conviction.

Mum faces new charges over alleged fake cancer scam

Mum faces new charges over alleged fake cancer scam

Police have laid 72 new charges against a mother accused of faking her son’s cancer diagnosis to raise money, while her husband is no longer facing charges.

'Obsolete' childcare activity test in election focus

'Obsolete' childcare activity test in election focus

While high-quality, universal and affordable healthcare is the goal, federal politicians are grappling with the multiple steps needed to get there.

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'A lot of anger': crime a focus for Dutton in key state

'A lot of anger': crime a focus for Dutton in key state

'A lot of anger': crime a focus for Dutton in key state

'A lot of anger': crime a focus for Dutton in key state

Peter Dutton has jumped on community concerns about crime, unveiling a $750 million package to tackle the problem.

Social media ban for kids could harm rather than help

Social media ban for kids could harm rather than help

Social media ban for kids could harm rather than help

Social media ban for kids could harm rather than help

Experts are warning an incoming social media ban could push children, particularly boys, towards consuming harmful content in secret.

Probe into motive after mum's body burnt, son assaulted

Probe into motive after mum's body burnt, son assaulted

Probe into motive after mum's body burnt, son assaulted

Probe into motive after mum's body burnt, son assaulted

A group of men are on the run after a woman and her eight-year-old son were assaulted in their home before she was kidnapped and found dead in a burnt-out car.

Doin' it for the kids: PM's pride in childcare legacy

Doin' it for the kids: PM's pride in childcare legacy

Doin' it for the kids: PM's pride in childcare legacy

Doin' it for the kids: PM's pride in childcare legacy

The prime minister touted the government's childcare reforms as he targeted a marginal Liberal-held seat in Brisbane's east.

Rubber hits the road as Nats back massive regional fund

Rubber hits the road as Nats back massive regional fund

Rubber hits the road as Nats back massive regional fund

Rubber hits the road as Nats back massive regional fund

The Nationals are pushing a $20 billion regional fund, which they say will be protected from rorts and ensure those outside major cities are looked after.

No child's play for Nationals in regional battleground

No child's play for Nationals in regional battleground

No child's play for Nationals in regional battleground

No child's play for Nationals in regional battleground

National Party leader David Littleproud has kicked off a renewed battle to win back a key coalition seat, promising to even the score in regional Australia.

Foster kids in safer homes after 'cage to cage' life

Foster kids in safer homes after 'cage to cage' life

Foster kids in safer homes after 'cage to cage' life

Foster kids in safer homes after 'cage to cage' life

Children in one state's care system are no longer staying in motels and caravan parks after reports and inquiries revealed horror stories from youth in crisis.

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Cross-party nod for probe into 'rogue' childcare firms

Shocking claims of rampant child mistreatment in privately operated centres have triggered a government-backed inquiry into the early education sector.

How agency staff put abuse survivor through the wringer

The mistreatment of a family violence survivor by federal agency staff has been torn to shreds in a scathing report that questions their impartiality.

Young men increasingly targeted by sexual extortion

One in 10 adolescents are being targeted by sexual extortion, where they're threatened with a private image and made to hand over money or more intimate photos.

Saying something creepy: online groomers target kids

Researchers are calling for more regulation following revelations about how teenagers are being targeted online and young people are at risk on dating apps.

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Missing boy's foster dad quashes 'bootstrap' conviction

The former foster father of missing toddler William Tyrrell has overturned a conviction over the intimidation of another child during a school-run verbal spat.

Church group who killed girl asked to meet psychiatrist

The wait for a 14-strong religious group to be sentenced for killing an eight-year-old girl after withholding her medication continues after a court review.

Trauma influenced mum on home birth before baby's death

A coroner will probe what more could have been done to avoid the death of a six-day-old baby after his mother was rushed to hospital during a home birth.

Labor brings forward childcare subsidy changes

Laws guaranteeing parents access to three days of subsidised childcare have been brought forward in parliament with an election due in the coming months.

'Cult' led family from baptism joy to girl's slow death

A father stood between his wife's belief in shunning medicine and his daughter's need for life-saving insulin before his resolve crumbled amid a family crisis.

Inquest after church group found guilty of killing girl

A coroner will inquire into the death of eight-year-old Elizabeth Struhs after her medicine was withheld by religious group members who included her parents.

System 'failed to protect' girl from parents, church

The system "failed to protect" a diabetic girl killed by her parents and a small religious group who withheld her medication for days, the victim's sister says.

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