Roadblocked Hildyard plays a Trump card: ‘No political games’
The executive order approach is not just for Washington DC – this South Australian minister is giving it a crack from North Terrace.
Save Our Kids
Revealed: FOI uncovers more on toddler’s death at Whyalla
Documents uncovered via Freedom of Information have revealed new information on the Child Protection Department’s response to the death of a three-year-old girl in Whyalla.
Horror number of state care rape reports, two more girls pregnant
Shocking new figures have revealed alarming numbers of sexual offence charges laid over incidents involving children in state care.
Mum slams ‘pack of animals’ who raped teen daughter
The mother of a teen girl raped in state care has labelled her attackers a ‘pack of animals’ and says authorities let her daughter down.
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Girl implanted with birth control for ‘ongoing’ rapes in state care
Sexual abuse against an intellectually disabled 13-year-old in residential care was so prevalent, she had to have a contraceptive implant.
Forget PC, catapult these monsters off of the planet
Those who hurt society’s most vulnerable deserve the most severe deterrent – but too often their punishment is woefully inadequate, writes Rebecca Whitfield-Baker.
‘Nobody hears these stories’: The people saving kids from real-life monsters
Day and night, SA’s child abuse call centre staff are the first responders for kids experiencing unimaginable cruelty. This is what happens in one of the state’s toughest jobs.
Carers blow whistle as men trade drugs for sex with underage kids
Workers supervising children in state care say middle aged men are paying girls as young as 11 for sex with money, drugs and nicotine “literally weekly”.
Watchdog slams ‘tragic reality’ of SA’s broke child protection system
An investigation into Department of Child Protection failings when dealing with two families has revealed years worth of a problems, the state ombudsman says.
New Child Protection CEO’s surprising druggie parents opinion
We sat down with the Child Protection Department’s new boss – and received some matter-of-fact responses to our questions.
‘We’re gangsters’: Inside the kids’ gang terrorising a town
While most of Port Augusta sleeps, dozens of wayward youths roam the streets unsupervised, clinging on to moving buses and dodging police.
New child protection boss pledges to ‘inspire new culture’ of transparency
A highly respected government bureaucrat has won the job as the state’s new child protection chief, and revealed her plans for the embattled department.
Child Protection took toddler and placed her with a pedophile
Child Protection removed a toddler from her “unstable” mother and placed her with her father – who subjected the girl to some of the most “abhorrent” abuse seen by the courts.
Interim child protection boss reveals her first move
She may only be in the job for a matter of weeks but the interim head of the state’s Child Protection Department has plans to get straight down to the coalface.
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