November 2024
Archbishop of Canterbury quits in scandal over ‘prolific abuser’
The spiritual leader of 85 million Anglicans worldwide has stepped down, after a report found he had failed to act on allegations against John Smyth.
- Hans van Leeuwen
August 2023
How AUSTRAC is saving kids from sexual abuse
The financial enforcer is ensuring banks report the kind of transactions that give away the activities of predators.
- Madonna King
August 2023
AI being used for child sex abuse images in regulation-free zone
The eSafety Commissioner has outlined steps companies can take to make AI safer. But they are only recommendations.
- Nick Bonyhady
April 2023
Albanese to launch Pat Farmer’s pro-Voice ultramarathon
Pat Farmer, the former Liberal MP for Macarthur and an ultramarathon runner, will run 14,400 kilometres around Australia to build support for the Voice.
- Tom McIlroy and Michael Read
Bureaucrats ‘putting kids in the hands of abusers’: Price
Coalition senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price has called for the federal government to take responsibility for child protection in Australia, alleging Northern Territory bureaucrats are failing vulnerable children.
- Tom McIlroy
March 2023
Daughter accuses former Treasury head of sexual abuse
Elizabeth Mamchak, the daughter of Sir Frederick Wheeler – one of the most powerful public servants in Australian history – has accused him of sexually abusing her throughout her childhood.
- Andrew Clark
February 2022
Financial abuse costs $10.9b a year, report finds
CBA chief executive Matt Comyn says an advertising campaign will draw attention to support services the bank will offer to help domestic violence victims.
- James Eyers
October 2021
- Opinion
- Federal politics
Let’s talk about the other national plan the PM released this week
The federal government’s plan to prevent and respond to child sexual abuse seems very long on “stopping” the abuse but very short on “supporting” those who have been abused.
- Laura Tingle
- Updated
- Courts
Ron Brierley sentenced to 14 months in jail over child abuse material
Judge Sarah Huggett went through the details of the tens of thousands of images Brierley had across devices found on him when he was arrested in 2019.
- Updated
- Max Mason
August 2021
Hillsong founder charged with concealing child sex crimes
Brian Houston, a spiritual mentor of Prime Minister Scott Morrison, allegedly concealed child abuse claims related to his father from the 1970s.
- Updated
- Tom McIlroy
February 2021
Brierley faces more charges of possessing child abuse material
The new total of 17 charges only came to light on Thursday morning in his latest court hearing at Downing Street Local Court in Sydney.
- Max Mason
April 2020
Did a judge's shaving routine save George Pell?
Church rituals – and a judge's shaving routine – helped clear George Pell.
- Michael Pelly
February 2020
Ron Brierley in court on charges of possessing child-abuse pictures
Corporate raider Ron Brierley, walking with a cane, made his Sydney court appearance. He faces six counts of possessing child abuse material.
- Dominica Sanda
December 2019
- Exclusive
- AUSTRAC crackdown
Australian bank data key to arrests for overseas child abuse
AUSTRAC's efforts to share intelligence on suspicious transactions with police at home and abroad have earned high praise from one of the Philippines' highest-ranking police officers.
- Emma Connors and Hannah Wooton
November 2019
Westpac's dirty laundering exposed
When the bank identified suspected paedophiles, it did little. It took the banking royal commission to push Westpac into action.
- Angus Grigg and Neil Chenoweth
How many children did Westpac fail?
In the global file of good works, the financial intelligence regulator AUSTRAC and its boss Nicole Rose found themselves on a high rung this week.
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- Pamela Williams
- Exclusive
- AUSTRAC crackdown
Porter flags big Westpac penalty
Attorney-General Christian Porter said the size and scale of the wrongdoing was of "enormous concern", indicating any penalties could exceed the $700 million levelled at CBA for similar offences.
- James Eyers and Michael Pelly
'20 years behind': human rights advocates slam Westpac
Child protection experts reject Brian Hartzer's comment that the bank was not "indifferent" to the alleged breaches linking it to child exploitation in south-east Asia.
- Aleks Vickovich
August 2019
George Pell could be stripped of honours: Scott Morrison
George Pell will remain in prison as a convicted sex offender after the Court of Appeal quashed his bid for freedom on Wednesday. But the split judgment opens the way for a possible High Court hearing.
- Liz Main and Tom McIlroy
Autopsy finds broken bones in Jeffrey Epstein's neck
Experts said such breaks can occur in people who hang themselves but are more common in victims of homicide by strangulation.
- Carol Leonnig and Aaron Davis