The Sun-Herald has spoken to five anonymous foster carers who have accused the government of failing them and the children in their care.
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.
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.
The share of child protection cases with no active caseworkers has hit a five-year-high in Victoria.
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.
The significant,but quiet,development in Queensland this month will be felt well beyond the two traumatic and personal stories driving it.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.