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Children who go missing from residential care are often targeted

Blue Cards in spotlight after ‘horrendous breach of trust’ in childcare rapist case

The premier slammed the Blue Card system, which allows people to work with children, as “broken”.

  • Cloe Read

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From ultrasound photos to family blogs: How ethical is posting children online?

Shari Franke’s memoir is the first by a former child influencer. While extreme, her story raises questions about the implications of sharing content of kids online.

  • Lauren Ironmonger
Cleveland Dodd died after being held in Unit 18. His mother Nadene Dodd wants to ensure change is made. Picture: WAtoday

‘Matter of urgency’: Coroner calls for closure of WA youth prison unit

Coroner Philip Urquhart called for the justice department to be stripped of its role overseeing young people.

  • Aaron Bunch
A 16-year-old girl alleges her residential care unit is like “jail” after being removed from her foster parents over an allegation she says is untrue.

The 16-year-old, the sex abuse allegation and the $3k-a-day accommodation

When Kate sent a terrifying message to her friends one evening, things rapidly spiralled out of control.

  • Amber Schultz
Child support payments could be transferred to the Tax Office to better enforce the scheme.

Australia has $1.7b in unpaid child support. These MPs have a plan to claw it back

An eight-month parliamentary inquiry heard that unpaid child support was being used as a form of financial abuse.

  • Hamish Hastie
Illustration: Joe Benke

Too young for TikTok, old enough for jail: How a meaner Australia treats its kids

Two worrying but contradictory laws affecting children passed last week in Queensland and Canberra. Both arose despite a lack of evidence to support them.

  • Sean Kelly
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Evicted from social media, but many children will find darker corners of the internet.

We’ve turned kids into outlaws. It won’t work, but we can still make social media safer for them

Australia’s Privacy Commissioner has serious concerns about the laws passed on Friday, but, she explains, we can use privacy legislation to make the internet better for young people.

  • Carly Kind
Two Floreat parents were found guilty of starving their daughter and treating her like a small child.

Behind the scenes of the starvation trial that gripped Perth

A Floreat couple who allegedly lived in squalor inside their multimillion-dollar mansion were found guilty of mistreating their severely underweight daughter.

  • Rebecca Peppiatt
Floreat parents starvation trial

Floreat parents found guilty of starving daughter

Two Floreat parents have spent their first night behind bars after being found guilty of starving their teenage daughter, as well as social, emotional and functional neglect.

  • Rebecca Peppiatt
Chang Chun-Ko, a former Shen Yun dancer who joined the group as a child, worked at least 65 hours a week.

Global dance group Shen Yun faces inquiry over underage labour practices

The troupe, operated by the Falun Gong religious movement, requires dancers to train under abusive conditions, former performers say.

  • Michael Rothfeld and Nicole Hong

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