Archbishops’ support for the Keep Them Safe campaign comes as new research reveals ‘box-ticking’ attitudes to child safety are rampant within Australian churches, and the nation’s “disjointed” patchwork of child protection policies are making matters worse.
Construction will begin imminently at nearly a dozen public schools across greater Sydney as long-promised upgrades get underway, as part of a $1.4 billion infrastructure blitz.
Babysitting and nanny agency heads are calling for change over a major flaw that allows interstate criminals and parents who have had their own children taken away care for other people’s.
Kids as young as 12 are being exposed to novels normalising sexual assault and domestic violence via TikTok, prompting calls for an industry-wide book rating classification system.
Our lives were crushed the moment our daughter said the words: “At kinder, the teacher comes with me to the toilet and sometimes touches me and laughs at me.”
Students at a Geelong primary school are causing “havoc” at a neighbouring kindergarten, with the situation getting so bad it’s led to ratepayer-funded security guards being brought in.
Nova 96.9 co-hosts and devoted dads Fitzy and Wippa are backing the PM’s Spelling Bee as exclusive research reveals majority of parents worry kids’ literacy is suffering.
More than 5000 people have signed a petition calling for men to be banned from working in childcare centres since Joshua Brown was charged with child sex offences. Major childcare providers don’t agree.
Alleged pedophile Joshua Brown was dismissed from a job at a Werribee childcare centre just 18 days into his new role, months before going on to work at the centre where he is accused of alleged abuses.
A Victorian teacher investigated over allegations he twice pushed a student has instead been banned for unleashing a campaign of abuse against regulators carrying out the probe.
Childcare centres will have their funding cut off if they do not meet standards under a series of tough new measures to be introduced. Here’s what the changes mean for your family.
A former Prahran High School support worker accused of grooming and inappropriately touching female students is free to leave the country after criminal justice visa red tape delayed his case.
A three-hour Zoom session led to the resignation of a Sydney Uni staffer and the hospitalisation of his husband, a tribunal has heard.
Artificial intelligence tools are dumbing Australian students down so much they can’t even remember what they’ve just written, alarming new research reveals.
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