Thousands of parents in child support arrangements are avoiding lodging tax returns. Cracking down on it could help children in poverty and the budget bottom line.
Data shows the over-representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in Queensland’s child protection system is increasing at every point.
Between their arrival on July 20 and August 8,there were three attempted suicides and 13 minor self-harm attempts at the facility known as Unit 18.
The vanishing-message app introduced its first parental controls on Tuesday - but parents still won’t be able to read their children’s conversations.
The Albanese government could act today to change their lives,and has so far chosen not to. Nor do we have much indication yet that it will do so any time soon.
A foster carer who spoke on condition of anonymity said children without their own caseworker were “floating in the system with no one looking after their interests”.
In two weeks,204 young people were personally targeted with more than 5000 “dark marketing” ads for harmful products in their social media feeds.
Fewer Aboriginal children will be separated from their families and Indigenous organisations will be empowered to manage child protection cases under landmark legislation being debated in state parliament.
In 2004-2019,109 Queensland children were killed by a parent or carer,including Tiahleigh Palmer in 2015 and Mason Lee in 2016.
Dexter Wilton’s mother and her de facto partner have been charged with murder and misconduct with a corpse.
We are living in the digital age where children are the crash test dummies and parents are the dumbstruck bystanders. But we must ensure our children can access the virtual world safely.