Two Floreat parents have spent their first night behind bars after being found guilty of starving their teenage daughter,as well as social,emotional and functional neglect.
The man in his 60s called her a nickname she hadn’t heard since she was sexually abused decades ago – confirming a frightening reality.
Vile child abuser John Smyth,QC,and morals crusader Mary Whitehouse came to Australia in the 1980s to spread the word of “muscular Christianity”. I’m glad I could scuttle their attempt to meet the attorney-general.
Attorneys general are being urged to push through new laws after the High Court found religious orders did not have vicarious liability for sexual abuse committed by their clerics.
The growing number of male workers at childcare centres being convicted of sexually assaulting their young charges demands urgent action.
The woman at the centre of a trial over the alleged malnourishment of her teenage daughter has been accused of cutting off family members who raised concerns about the girl.
The child’s mother has joined a chorus of parents calling for more to be done to protect children after a spate of incidents at daycare centres.
Professor S. Caroline Taylor will speak about “obscenely low” prosecution and conviction rates for “the most catastrophic” crime against children at an international summit.
A man accused of failing to properly care for his teenage daughter,allowing her to develop severe malnutrition,has told a court the girl ate whatever she wanted.
Notorious paedophile Bradley Pen Dragon has been released on bail after allegedly breaching his strict release conditions again.
A Perth court has heard harrowing details of the events that led to a young girl being placed into foster care after her heroin-addict mother failed to get her simple medical treatment.