Child abuse
Analysis
Naked City
The predators that locked doors can’t stop
Criminal syndicates will provide anything for a price – and that includes child abuse material. For police, it’s a race against time to rescue the victim.
- by John Silvester
Latest
Samantha Knight’s killer Michael Guider dies in custody
The serial paedophile abducted the schoolgirl, 9, from near her home in Bondi in 1986 and was also jailed for abusing 13 other young children.
- by Chris Barrett
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Courts
‘He got me when I was young’: The brave evidence of Dick Caine’s victims
From June to August, while the identity of their former swimming coach could not be reported, six people told a court of the trauma he inflicted decades ago.
- by Sarah McPhee
Police told to review handling of complaints about Brisbane childcare paedophile
Queensland’s police minister has asked for another review into how officers handled complaints into one of Australia’s worst paedophiles.
- by Cloe Read
‘Psychosis’ made Perth man sexually assault little girl: lawyers
He admitted breaking into a stranger’s house and sexually assaulting a seven-year-old girl. But this Perth man is claiming he cannot be found guilty.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt and Ezra Holt
Toddler malnourished, infested with lice before death
Shannon Leigh White, 47, pleaded guilty to manslaughter after her stepdaughter Willow Dunn, 4, was found dead at a Cannon Hill home, in Brisbane’s east, in 2020.
- by Savannah Meacham
NSW to ban motels, caravan parks as emergency homes for children
The NSW government spends as much as $2 million per child each year on emergency housing in motels and caravan parks.
- by Alexandra Smith
‘Leader of the Pack’: Inmate allegedly led child sex abuse ring from prison
An inmate at a NSW jail allegedly directed a group of prisoners who called themselves “The Pack” to create and share child sexual abuse material.
- by Jessica McSweeney, Clare Sibthorpe and Perry Duffin
A child abuser taught Nikki to not resist. Boxing helped her confront her trauma
A ground-breaking program combining boxing and writing is delivering “genuinely life-saving” results to survivors of childhood abuse and trauma.
- by Wendy Tuohy
Housing young offenders in motels and caravan parks needs to end, advocates say
A final report on children in care suggests bail accommodation for underage offenders could help bring an end to children being housed in hotels and motel
- by Amber Schultz
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Child protection
‘People are crying at their desks’: Department with one in 11 staff on workers’ comp
Nearly one in 10 child protection workers are on workers’ compensation amid a dire shortage of staff who assist the state’s most vulnerable children.
- by Amber Schultz
Original URL: https://www.smh.com.au/topic/child-abuse-hoa