Foster carers beg for support as record numbers quit the system

Foster carers beg for support as record numbers quit the system

The Sun-Herald has spoken to five anonymous foster carers who have accused the government of failing them and the children in their care.

  • byAmber Schultz

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Woman picked up four-year-old girl and walked away:police

Woman picked up four-year-old girl and walked away:police

WA Police want to speak to two teenage girls who intervened when three people approached a young child in a suspicious manner at Point Walter on Australia Day.

The children with a one-in-four chance of finishing school

The children with a one-in-four chance of finishing school

About 80 per cent of students complete year 12,but for some young people the odds are 25 per cent and they’re far more likely to be expelled.

  • byKieran Rooney
Vulnerable kids at risk as unallocated cases hit five-year high

Vulnerable kids at risk as unallocated cases hit five-year high

The share of child protection cases with no active caseworkers has hit a five-year-high in Victoria.

  • byKieran Rooney
Foster carers leaving system as cost of living,low allowance bites

Foster carers leaving system as cost of living,low allowance bites

Victorian foster carers receive the lowest base payment of any state in Australia,with the sector losing nearly twice as many carers as it recruits.

  • byKieran Rooney
A class action alleging racist child removals could have wider ripples
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A class action alleging racist child removals could have wider ripples

The significant,but quiet,development in Queensland this month will be felt well beyond the two traumatic and personal stories driving it.

  • byMatt Dennien
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Schoolgirls endure sexual harassment that no employer would tolerate

Schoolgirls endure sexual harassment that no employer would tolerate

The accounts of sexual harassment and abuse at schools are truly shocking. Sometimes,the way schools deal with it is the problem. Sometimes,it’s parents.

  • byJordan Baker
Perth father to spend 11 years in jail for shaking newborn daughter to death

Perth father to spend 11 years in jail for shaking newborn daughter to death

Already under investigation for alleged domestic violence assaults against the mother of his baby,Juan Daniel Visagie shook newborn Aleaha Sammut in a fit of anger after he was left to care for her.

  • byRebecca Peppiatt
‘Spiralling out of control’:why a one-year-old is living in a NSW motel
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‘Spiralling out of control’:why a one-year-old is living in a NSW motel

The Minns government is considering drastic reforms to fix a system ‘spiralling out of control’ which could see it take back control of the care of at-risk children from private providers which currently operate in NSW.

  • byMichael McGowan
Meta sued over claims Facebook and Instagram are harming kids’ mental health

Meta sued over claims Facebook and Instagram are harming kids’ mental health

Forty-two US states are taking legal action against the social media giant harming young people’s mental health by knowingly designing features on its platforms that addict children.

  • byBarbara Ortutay
Publishing child deaths report would damage workers’ morale:Department of Families

Publishing child deaths report would damage workers’ morale:Department of Families

Coroner John Cain agreed not to release the report over concerns its publication could deny procedural fairness to two of the agencies responsible for the children’s care.

  • byBianca Hall