Owen Cooper as Jamie Miller in the four-part drama Adolescence.

Adolescence has gripped parents,but our debates are missing a crucial thread

Add misogynistic influencers to the mix of feelings of inadequacy and hopelessness,and a growing wealth gap,and you have most of the ingredients for gendered violence.

  • Sonia Orchard

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The Australian Law Reform Commission’s report found that “the justice system is failing to meet the twin goals of access to justice and accountability”.

For three years,I tried to navigate a system where sex crimes have been effectively decriminalised

A new report found “the justice system is failing to meet the twin goals of access to justice and accountability”. So where are the groundbreaking reforms?

  • Sonia Orchard
The author as a teen in the mid-1980s,when she met a 26-year-old man who seemed “amused” at their first meeting.

At 15,she thought it was a ‘regular’ relationship. Today,the word ‘grooming’ springs to mind

As a teenager,having a 26-year-old boyfriend was thrilling. Thirty-five years on,that “love” takes on a very different hue.

  • Sonia Orchard
Two of the biggest threats to children online are being groomed or being blackmailed over nude images. Both issues are frighteningly common.

A teen social media ban will drive them to secrecy – that’s exactly what predators want

Teenagers by nature strive to find a way to engage in whatever their parents try to ban. They’re not pet dogs. They will get over fences.

  • Sonia Orchard
Predators know that many children are online when they are unsupervised.

Society’s favourite babysitter is now the number one lair for child sex predators

It’s easy to think that child sexual abuse is an unavoidable problem of all societies,but that’s not the case.

  • Sonia Orchard