Child protection ‘ripped’ Aboriginal child from mother’s arms at Indigenous women’s meeting
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Child protection ‘ripped’ Aboriginal child from mother’s arms at Indigenous women’s meeting

More Aboriginal children are being removed from their mothers’ care in Victoria now than during the stolen generations,creating “trauma,distrust and fear”,leaders say.

  • byWendy Tuohy

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Tyrone was just 15 when he died of a heroin overdose while in state care

Tyrone was just 15 when he died of a heroin overdose while in state care

Tyrone Woxvold died of an overdose at his mother’s home. He developed a drug habit while in the state’s care and had wanted to get help,an inquest heard.

  • byErin Pearson andSimone Fox Koob
‘Horrifying’:Alarm over NSW’s child protection failures

‘Horrifying’:Alarm over NSW’s child protection failures

A scathing report by the NSW Ombudsman has raised a raft of concerns about children in care.

  • byAmber Schultz
There are 112,500 children at risk of harm in NSW. The state is failing most of them

There are 112,500 children at risk of harm in NSW. The state is failing most of them

In 2022-23,the NSW department responsible for child protection declared “case closed” for the vast majority of children at risk of harm.

  • byAlexandra Smith
Plibersek names the enemies:deepfake porn,anti-feminist algorithms,the manosphere

Plibersek names the enemies:deepfake porn,anti-feminist algorithms,the manosphere

Plibersek warns parents about the malicious influence of artificial intelligence.

  • byOlivia Ireland
Leanne fled the country to escape domestic abuse. Now she could face jail

Leanne fled the country to escape domestic abuse. Now she could face jail

Leanne fled Australia with her two children as she says it was the only way she knew how to protect herself from her violent husband.

  • byAmber Schultz
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Blake lost touch with his culture in high school. Then in year 12,something clicked

Blake lost touch with his culture in high school. Then in year 12,something clicked

The 19-year-old says unless something changes,many other young Queenslanders “are never going to figure out who they truly are”.

  • byCourtney Kruk
‘Like a dog in a cage’:Desperate lives of kids in emergency care revealed
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‘Like a dog in a cage’:Desperate lives of kids in emergency care revealed

Children as young as 12 reported allegations of sexual assault,drug use and abandonment in motel rooms without close supervision.

  • byMichael McGowan
‘Limited visibility’ for teens in group homes amid worrying number of reports

‘Limited visibility’ for teens in group homes amid worrying number of reports

New data shows an increasing number of reports of significant harm to children living in group homes funded by the government.

  • byAmber Schultz
We’ve been worried about kids on the internet for 30 years. Is it time to toughen up on tech?

We’ve been worried about kids on the internet for 30 years. Is it time to toughen up on tech?

The alleged stabbing of a Sydney bishop by a teenager has reignited Australian alarm at the realities of online harm,reopening a debate about how to protect children.

  • byNatassia Chrysanthos
‘Not appropriate’:Minister to remove at-risk kids from emergency hotel care

‘Not appropriate’:Minister to remove at-risk kids from emergency hotel care

A new specialist unit has reduced the number of at-risk children stranded in high-cost emergency accommodation such as hotels by 42 per cent.

  • byMichael McGowan