Child abuse
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More women come forward with stories of abuse inside girls’ homes
NSW is the only state that has not held an inquiry or offered redress to survivors of abuse inside its institutions. Survivors say it is long overdue.
- Angus Thomson
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- Courts
Perth mum sentenced after boy found wandering streets naked
After passers-by contacted authorities to tell them the boy was alone and unsupervised, police took him back to his northern suburbs house and were shocked with what they found.
- Rebecca Peppiatt
A new name, first-ever birthday party: Man speaks out after 20 years as ‘prisoner’ in childhood home
In his first public comments, the man, who set the house on fire in his desperation to escape, said he wanted justice and was working to “reclaim control” of his future.
- Dave Collins
‘He saved himself’: Firefighter rescues man held captive for decades until he set his room on fire
In the ambulance, an emergency worker commented on the overpowering smell. The patient said it had been more than a year since he had been permitted to shower.
- Sarah Maslin Nir
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- Health
Aged 15, Jenny was charged with being ‘uncontrollable’. Now she’s on a mission for justice
The NSW government is facing potential legal action over invasive medical examinations performed on teenagers at a girls’ shelter in Glebe.
- Angus Thomson
- Opinion
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I grieve for the childhood my abuser took from me
If one child was spared as a result of my legal nightmare, it was worth it.
- Harriet Snaith
Senior NSW media adviser charged over child abuse material
Matthew John Bachl, 38, has been suspended without pay from his role with NSW Corrective Services.
- Kate Aubusson
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- Private schools
Private school hires security guards to protect sleeping students
Security guards and cameras have been brought into Ballarat Grammar, a prestigious school that is facing claims of a “strapping” culture.
- Noel Towell
- Opinion
- Courts
For three years, I tried to navigate a system where sex crimes have been effectively decriminalised
A new report found “the justice system is failing to meet the twin goals of access to justice and accountability”. So where are the groundbreaking reforms?
- Sonia Orchard
- Opinion
- Five Minutes with Fitz
Louise Milligan on the monster priest no one will grieve
Paedophile Gerald Ridsdale, who died last week, was convicted of abusing 70 children. But those who enabled his sick crimes are just as culpable, Louise Milligan tells Fitz.
- Peter FitzSimons
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